tiêu

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiəw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˧]
• Homophone: Tiêu

Sino-Vietnamese word from 消 (“to consume”)

tiêu

1. Clipping of tiêu hoá (“to digest”). (to separate food in the alimentary canal)

   ăn không tiêu

   not to be able to digest food

2. (figuratively) to be able to take in and process knowledge or information

   chậm tiêu

   dim-witted

tiêu

1. (only in compounds) to cease to exist

   tiêu tan

   to vanish

   tiêu đời

   to drop dead

2. (informal) to be screwed bigtime

   Tiêu rồi!

   We're screwed!

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蕭.

tiêu

1. (music) a vertical bamboo flute used in traditional Vietnamese music

• hoa tiêu (“Sichuan pepper”)