chao

noun

• Soya cheese
  • chao đèn Lamp-shade

verb

• To dip in water and wash by rocking
  • chao chân ở cầu ao: to wash one's feet at a pond's pier by rocking them in the water
  • chao rổ rau: to wash a basket of vegetables by rocking it in the water

• To rock, to swing
  • con thuyền chao qua chao lại như đưa võng: the boat rocked like a hammock

excl

• Oh
  • chao! trăng đẹp quá: oh, how beautiful the moon is!