chio

See also: Chio and chió

English

Etymology

From Hokkien 𪁎 / 𲍸 (chhio, “(of a male animal) sexually excited; to be in heat; to be receptive to mating”).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰjoː]

Adjective

chio (comparative more chio, superlative most chio)

1. (Singapore) Cute, pretty.
   • 2014, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, “Reel”, in Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, editor, Singapore Noir, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Akashic Books, →ISBN, part II (Love (or Something Like It), page 83:

     If he wanted to see any chio girls he usually had to take the bus to the Bedok town center.

Related terms

• chio bu

Esperanto

Pronoun

chio

1. H-system spelling of ĉio

Galician

Verb

chio

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of chiar

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of chio – see 招 (“to beckon; to gesture; to recruit; to enlist; to enroll; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 招).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.u/, /ˈʃiw/ [ˈʃiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.u/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.u/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.u/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

chio m (plural chios)

1. an acute sound, squeak

Etymology 2

Verb

chio

1. first-person singular present indicative of chiar

Further reading

• “chio”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “chio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025