yêu kiều

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 妖嬌, composed of and or Sino-Vietnamese word from and .

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔiəw˧˧ kiəw˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔiw˧˧ kiw˦˩]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔiw˧˧ kiw˨˩]

Adjective

yêu kiều

  1. (literary) charming, graceful