chảo

See also: chao, Chao, chāo, cháo, chǎo, chào, chão, chạo, and cha0

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Particularly: “Note similarity with 灶 (MC tsawH). There's some distance in semantics (kitchen, stove vs. cookware with handle), but it's not totally implausible.”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [caːw˨˩˦]

Noun

(classifier cái) chảo • (草, 早, 𨥿, 鉊)

a pan-like item of cookware; a pan, a wok, etc.
chảo chống dính ― a nonstick pan
a dish (type of antenna)
chảo vệ tinh ― satellite dish
(humorous) the buttocks