chào

See also: chao, Chao, chāo, cháo, chǎo, chão, and cha0

Mandarin

Romanization

chào (Zhuyin ㄔㄠˋ)

Pinyin transcription of 仦
Pinyin transcription of 仯
Pinyin transcription of 縃
Pinyin transcription of 耖
Pinyin transcription of 觘
Pinyin transcription of 趠

Vietnamese

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Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 朝 (“to meet; to meet a senior person; to attend the emperor's audience”; SV: triều). Related to chầu (“to attend an audience; to attend upon (in design)”). (Nguyễn Văn Khang. Từ ngoại lai trong tiếng Việt, 2007)

The similarity to Italian ciao, which also means both "hello" and "goodbye", is purely coincidental.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaːw˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [caːw˨˩]

Verb

chào

to bow, to greet, to salute
chào từ biệt ― to bid farewell

Gặp bạn cứ lờ đi không chào.
[One] pretends to not know an old friend and does not greet him/her.
to solicit (customer)
chào khách ― to solicit customer

Interjection

chào

good morning; good afternoon; good evening; hello; hi
Chào mọi người! ― Hello everybody!
goodbye; bye
Chào mọi người! ― Bye everybody!
alas; ah
Chào! Ăn thua gì! ― Ah! It didn't work!

Synonyms

(more formal) xin chào (“hello”)

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