Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔiəw˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔiw˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔiw˦˥]
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 夭 (“young; tender; to die young”, SV: yêu, yểu).
Adjective
yếu • (要, 𪽳)
- weak, feeble
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Romanization
yếu
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 要 (“important, vital”)
Derived terms