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
- (historical) 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
- cáo buộc - to accuse; charge
- cáo biệt (告別) - (literary) farewell
- cáo bạch (告白) - to notify; announce
- 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
- cảnh cáo (警告) - to warn; caution
- cẩn cáo (謹告) - (literary) sincerely (as a valediction for a written message)
- khuyến cáo (勸告) - (formal) to advise; recommend
- kháng cáo (抗告) - to appeal
- 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