biểu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bieu"

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓiəw˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓiw˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɓiw˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Variant of bảo. Compare cáo vs. kiếu, đào vs. điều. Also compare 表 (biǎo, “to express”) as in 表態 / 表态 (biǎotài, “to declare one's stance”).

Verb

biểu • (𠶓)

  1. South Central Vietnam and Southern Vietnam form of bảo (“to tell”)
    Ê cu, lại đây tao biểu!
    Come here for a sec boy, I have something to tell you.

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 表.

Noun

(classifier tờ) biểu

  1. (historical) kind of report presented by mandarins to the emperor

Romanization

biểu

  1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 表 (“chart; to show outwardly”)
Derived terms
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