đao

See also: dao, Dao, dạo, Đao, đào, Đào, đảo, and đạo

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɗaːw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀.

Noun

(classifier thanh) đao

1. a Chinese sabre

Derived terms

• cá đao (“swordfish”)

See also

• dao (“knife”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 刀, borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, tō)

Noun

đao

1. (rare) a katana

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English Down, from the name of John Langdon Down

Alternative forms

• Đao

Noun

đao

1. Down syndrome