sao

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

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

sao

1. rōmaji reading 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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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

• không sao
• làm sao
• tại sao
• vì 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