chiêu

See also: chiều

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiəw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕiw˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ciw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 招.

Noun

chiêu

move; trick

Etymology 2

Verb

chiêu

to wash down (with)

Etymology 3

Compare Muong chiêu, Proto-Central Bahnaric *-ʔiəw, Proto-Northern-Bahnaric *(ŋ)ʔiaw, Proto-West-Bahnaric *cʔiaw, Proto-South-Bahnaric *gʔiəw, and Middle Chinese 昭 (MC tsyew, “left side of an ancestral shrine”)

Adjective

chiêu • (招, 昭)

(archaic, of a direction) left
Synonym: trái

Antonym: đăm
- Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (Sutra of Filial Piety); 15th century Vietnamese by unknown translator, 24b
  埋招梗吒埋󰝡梗媄
  Carry [one's] father on the left shoulder; carry [one's] mother on the right shoulder.
  Vai chiêu gánh cha, vai đăm gánh mẹ.
- 16th century, Nguyễn Thế Nghi (attributed) Vietnamese translation of "The Story of the Young Woman in Nam Xương" Truyền kỳ mạn lục ("Casual Record of Transmitted Strange-Tales") by Nguyễn Dữ.
  几昭󰝡庄羅拯𠱤𠸂哭沙渃𪾺
  Kẻ chiêu đăm chăng là chẳng sùi sụt khóc sa nước mắt.
  Every one left and right, all sobbed and wept, their tears falling down.