cao

• CAO (superseded)

• IPA^(key): /seː.aːˈoː/

• Audio

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cao f (plural cao's, diminutive cao'tje n)

1. Initialism of collectieve arbeidsovereenkomst. (collective bargaining)

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.o/
• Rhymes: -ao
• Hyphenation: cà‧o

cao m (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of caos

• oca

cao

1. Nonstandard spelling of cāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cáo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cào.

• 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.

Onomatopoeic.

cao

1. (Dominican Republic) palm crow (Corvus palmarum)

• “cao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• cavo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus, masculinization of Latin caput.

cao m (plural cai)

1. head (all senses)
2. shoot of a vine

• testa

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kaːw˧˧]

• Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 高.

cao

1. high or tall

   Antonyms: thấp, lùn

   núi cao ― high mountains

   nhà cao tầng ― a multistory building

Sino-Vietnamese word from 膏 (“fat; grease; oil”)

cao

1. (alternative medicine) a tonic, balm or cream made from animal flesh or bone

   cao mèo ― cat tonic

   cao hổ cốt ― tiger-bone tonic

   Bạch Hổ Hoạt Lạc Cao

   the White Tiger Smooth Balm