hiếu

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

Sino-Vietnamese word from 孝.

hiếu

1. filial piety
2. mourning after parent's death

hiếu

1. filially pious

Sino-Vietnamese word from 好.

This is the SV reading of the verbal form 好 (MC xawH, “to like, to be fond of”). This form probably originated from Central-Southern Vietnam and displaced Northern háo, which would be the expected reflex of 好 (MC xawH), as the "standard" Sino-Vietnamese reading. Compare cáo vs. kiếu, bảo vs. biểu, đào vs. điều.

hiếu

1. (used in compounds only) to like