cáo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cao"

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• cao — nonstandard

Romanization

cáo (cao², Zhuyin ㄘㄠˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 傮
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘈
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶆
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曹
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曺
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槽
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 漕
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 艚
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蓸
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 螬
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 褿
12. 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)

1. 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

1. (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

1. (only in compounds) to announce, report
2. (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