âu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔəw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔəw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔəw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Example of an âu (crock)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) âu • (𤮥)

1. small crock

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

âu

1. (nautical) lock

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

âu

1. (literary) perhaps, just

Etymology 4

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 憂 (SV: ưu).

Verb

âu

1. (obsolete) to worry

Compound part

âu

1. (only in compounds) sad, melancholic

Derived terms

Derived terms

• âu sầu
• lo âu