giáo

See also: giao and giảo

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːw˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːw˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jaːw˦˥]

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

(classifier cây, ngọn) giáo • (𨬊)

lance, spear

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-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.

Affix edit

giáo

of teaching or educating
nhà giáo ― an educator

Suffix edit