Mẹo

See also: meo, méo, meó, mèo, Mèo, and me'o

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɛw˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛw˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɛw˨˩˨]

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Mẹo

(in Laos) Miao or Hmong, an Asian ethnic group whose homeland is in the mountainous regions around Guizhou, southern China, and northern Vietnam and Laos.

Synonyms

H'Mông; Hơ Mông
Mông
Mèo

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 卯 (SV: Mão); some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but the nặng tone in Mẹo is unlikely to be developed from the Middle Chinese rising tone and eo is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely tone and rhyme in Mão; see also Tí, Thìn, Mùi

Proper noun

Mẹo

(rare) the fourth Earthly Branch represented by the Cat in Vietnam and by the Rabbit in China

Synonyms

Mão

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