rao

See also: ráo, raó, rào, rǎo, and ra'o

Mandarin

Romanization

rao

Nonstandard spelling of ráo.
Nonstandard spelling of rǎo.
Nonstandard spelling of rào.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, whence also Old English hrēaw, Old Norse hrár.

Adjective

rāo

raw

Descendants

Middle High German: rā, rō, rou
- German: roh
- Yiddish: רוי‎ (roy)

Spanish

Verb

rao

First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of raer.

Synonyms

rayo
raigo

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 譟 (SV: táo).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːw˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʐaːw˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɹaːw˧˧]

Verb

rao (牢, 哰, 𢭂, 嗂, 謠, 嗃)

to announce; to advertise; to hawk

Derived terms

Derived terms

bán rao
rao bán
rao giảng
rêu rao
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