giáo
Vietnamese
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editNoun
edit(classifier cây, ngọn) giáo • (𨬊)
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editEtymology 2
editSino-Vietnamese word from 教 (“to teach; teachings; religion”).
The suffix sense seems to be a rather recent learned borrowing from Chinese (and other Sino-Xenic languages), with words formed with this suffix being more formal than their counterparts with đạo.
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editgiáo
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 教
- nhà giáo ― an educator
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- vi:Spears
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