cáo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

cao — nonstandard

Romanization

cáo (cao², Zhuyin ㄘㄠˊ)

Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傮
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘈
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶆
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曹
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曺
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槽
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漕
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艚
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓸
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螬
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 褿
Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鏪

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Compare Muong cảo.

Noun

(classifier con) cáo • (𤞺)

a fox (Vulpes)
Cáo quần đảo Channel là loài cực kỳ nguy cấp. ― The Channel Islands fox is critically endangered.

Derived terms

cáo già - an old fox; a devious person
cáo mượn oai hùm - (figuratively) to use powerful connections to intimidate people
mèo già hoá cáo - the older someone is, the more cunning they become
vượn cáo - a lemur

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誥.

Noun

cáo

(history) royal edict-like announcement
Bình Ngô đại cáo ― Great Proclamation upon the Pacification of the Wu

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 告. Doublet of cố and kiếu.

Verb

cáo

(only in compounds) to announce, report
(only in compounds, law) to indict

Derived terms

bá cáo (播告) - (chiefly in historical contexts) to broadcast
báo cáo (報告) - to report, to inform
bị cáo (被告) - defendant
bố cáo (布告) - (uncommon) to announce; proclaim
cảnh cáo (警告) - to warn; caution
cáo bạch (告白) - to notify; announce
cáo biệt (告別) - (literary) farewell
cáo buộc - to accuse; charge
cáo chung (告終) - (formal or literary) to come to an end
cáo giác (告覺) - (uncommon) to denounce
cáo phó (告訃) - obituary
cáo thị (告示) - a report; notice
cáo trạng (告狀) - indictment; arraignment
cáo từ (告辭) - (literary) to take leave
cẩn cáo (謹告) - (literary) sincerely (as a valediction for a written message)
kháng cáo (抗告) - to appeal
khuyến cáo (勸告) - (formal) to advise; recommend
kiện cáo - to sue
kính cáo (敬告) - (literary) respectfully (as a valediction for a written message)
nguyên cáo (原告) - accuser; plaintiff
quảng cáo (廣告) - advertisement
thông cáo (通告) - announcement; communique; report
tố cáo (訴告) - to accuse; denounce
vu cáo (誣告) - to falsely accuse; slander

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