sao

See also: sáo, sāo, sǎo, sào, são, São, sảo, sạo, and sao᷄

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EnglishEdit

NounEdit

sao (plural saos)

1. Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinæcia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sao in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

AnagramsEdit

• AOS, AOs, ASO, OAS, OSA, SOA

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

sao

1. Rōmaji transcription of さお

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

sao

1. Nonstandard spelling of sāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sǎo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sào.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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TagalogEdit

NounEdit

saó

1. (nautical) mooring cable or chains; cable for mooring ships to the pier when at anchor

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Vietnamese ſao

AdverbEdit

sao (吵, 牢, 𡫡)

1. why

Derived termsEdit

• làm sao
• tại sao
• vì sao

AdjectiveEdit

sao

1. problematic, bad

   Có sao lắm không?

   Is it very bad?

   Không sao đâu.

   No problem.

Derived termsEdit

• không sao

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle Vietnamese ſao, from Proto-Vietic *k-raːw

NounEdit

(classifier vì, ngôi) sao (𣋀, 𣇟, 𤚧)

1. star

Derived termsEdit

• dấu sao (“asterisk”)
• sao mới (“nova”)
• sao siêu mới (“supernova”)

See alsoEdit

• tinh