thiêu

== Vietnamese == === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 燒. The second sense is semantically influenced by đốt, which means both "to set on fire" and "(of bugs) to sting" in Northern and Central Vietnam dialects. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiəw˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiw˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰiw˧˧] Homophone: thiu === Verb === thiêu • (烧, 燒) (transitive, usually of fire itself, uncommonly of people) to burn thiêu rụi ― to burn to the ground Ngọn lửa thiêu rụi cả toà nhà. ― The fire burnt the whole building to the ground. tự thiêu ― to self-immolate thiêu thân ― a mayfly (colloquial, of mosquitoes) to bite a lot Ra vườn cần thận kẻo bị muỗi thiêu. ― There will be a lot of mosquitoes in the garden so be careful.