áo
- yes
- ao — nonstandard
áo (ao2, Zhuyin ㄠˊ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隞
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶅
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 遨
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 廒, 厫
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 璈
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獒
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 熬
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 聱
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螯
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 翺 / 翱
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謷
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰲 / 鳌, 鼇 / 鳌
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 囂 / 嚣
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鏖
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗸
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 摮
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 滶
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獓
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磝
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 磼
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蔜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 謸 / 𫍵
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鏊
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 驁 / 骜
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鷔 / 𪉑
From Proto-Tai *ʔaːwᴬ (“father’s younger brother”). Cognate with Ahom 𑜒𑜧 (`ao), Lao ອາວ (ʼāo) and Thai อาว (aao).
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˧˥]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˦]
áo (Nôm form 奧)
- paternal uncle younger than one’s father po̱ áo ― uncle (polite)
- younger brother noọng áo khỏi ― my younger brother
- Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
- Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày][3] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
Inherited from Proto-Vietic *ʔaːwʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaawʔ (“upper garment”). Cognates include Muong ảo, Bahnar ao, Khmer អាវ (ʼaaw), Pacoh ao.
Also the
Sino-Vietnamese word from 襖, maybe was possibly borrowed from Austroasiatic.
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔaːw˦˥]
- Homophone: Áo
- Audio (Hà Nội):(file)
- Audio (Saigon):(file)
(classifier chiếc, cái) áo • (𬡢, 奧, 𪥌, 襖, 袄)
- (clothing) top áo ngực/vú ― top undergarment for women; bra, corset, etc. áo ba lỗ ― tanktop áo khoác/ấm/lạnh ― jacket, coat, etc. áo len ― sweater
- (by extension, clothing, rare) outfit
- quần (“two-legged/holed bottom”)
- Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “áo”, in Việt-Việt[4] (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024
