See also: Tiêu and tiểu

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from (to consume; to cease)

Verb edit

tiêu

  1. Clipping of tiêu hoá (to digest). (to separate food in the alimentary canal)
    ăn không tiêunot to be able to digest food
  2. (figurative) to be able to take in and process knowledge or information
    chậm tiêudim-witted
  3. (only in compounds) to cease to exist
    tiêu tanto vanish
    tiêu đờito drop dead
  4. (informal) to be screwed bigtime
    Tiêu rồi!
    We're screwed!
  5. Clipping of tiêu dùng (to spend). (to expend money)

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun edit

tiêu

  1. (music) a vertical bamboo flute used in traditional Vietnamese music

Etymology 3 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun edit

tiêu

  1. (botany, cooking) several plants – of the genus Xanthoxylum and the family Piperaceae – which are used as spices; pepper (excluding chilli pepper)
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Etymology 4 edit

Romanization edit

tiêu

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of

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Etymology 5 edit

Romanization edit

tiêu

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of

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