đào

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dao"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˦˩]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɗaːw˨˩]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (peach). Related to điều (cashew).

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) đào

  1. peach
    • Vũ Đình Liên, Ông đồ [The Old Nho Master]:
      Mỗi năm hoa đào nở
      Lại thấy ông đồ già
      Bày mực Tàu, giấy đỏ
      Bên phố đông người qua
      Every year, when peach flowers bloom
      There is that old Nho master again
      Putting out Chinese ink, red paper
      At a corner of a crowded street
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *daːw. Possibly related to Chinese (tāo).

Verb

đào • (𡒘)

  1. to dig up, to unearth
Derived terms

Verb

đào

  1. (historical) a songstress or an actress in certain types of Vietnamese performance art
Derived terms
  • ả đào
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