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đào

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (peach). Doublet of điều (cashew).

Noun

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(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
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Vietic *daːw.

Compare Trans-Himalayan comparanda like Burmese တူး (tu:), Nuosu (ndu), Drung du. Despite the identical Sino-Vietnamese reading, (MC daw) is seemingly a false cognate, and its meaning "to dig" is most likely secondary, derived from "to take out, to fish out".

Verb

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đào (, , )

  1. to dig up, to unearth
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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đào

  1. (historical) a songstress or an actress in certain types of Vietnamese performance art
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