ao
| Vietnamese → English (VNEDICT) |
| (1) pond; concave; (3) to measure (volume) |
| Vietnamese → English (VDICT) |
| pos |
definition |
example |
| verb |
To measure roughly, to measure approximately |
ao thúng thóc | to measure approximately a basket of paddy |
| Vietnamese → Vietnamese (UTS) |
| pos |
definition |
example |
| N |
chỗ đào sâu xuống đất, thường ở gần nhà, để giữ nước nuôi cá, thả bèo, trồng rau, v.v. |
đào ao thả cá |
| Etymology / Loanword |
| word |
meaning |
assessment |
source |
| cù lao |
the island |
probably borrowed |
pulau(Cham) |
| triều cao |
the high tide |
probably borrowed |
高潮 gou1 ciu4 (Cantonese) | 高潮, gāo cháo(Chinese) |
| dao (1) |
the knife(1) |
probably borrowed |
刀 dou1 (Cantonese) | *tāw (刀, dāo)(Old Chinese) |
| dao (2) |
the knife(2) |
probably borrowed |
刀 dou1 (Cantonese) | (EH) *tāw (刀, dāo)(Old Chinese) |
| cao (1) |
high |
clearly borrowed |
高 gou1 (Cantonese) | 高, gāo(Chinese) |
| cao (2) |
tall |
clearly borrowed |
高 gou1 (Cantonese) | 高, gāo(Chinese) |
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