thiêu
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 燒.
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiəw˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiw˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tʰiw˧˧]
- Homophone: thiu
Verb edit
- (transitive, usually of fire itself, uncommonly of people) to burn
- thiêu rụi ― to burn to the ground
- Ngọn lửa thiêu rụi cả toà nhà. ― The fire burnt the whole building to the ground.
- tự thiêu ― to self-immolate
- thiêu thân ― a mayfly