xào

See also: xảo and xa'o

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 炒 (“stir fry”; SV: sao).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

xào

to stir fry
phở xào
stir-fried pho
to rehash
Cái bọn này cứ xào đi xào lại kịch bản hoài.
They just keep rehashing the script over and over again.
(card games) to shuffle
Để tao xào bài cho chắc ăn.
Let me shuffle the cards just to be sure.

See also

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