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chio

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Singapore[t͡ʃʰjoː]

chio adjective: cute, pretty.

Adjective

chio (comparative more chio, superlative most chio)

  1. (Singapore) Cute, pretty.
    • If he wanted to see any chio girls he usually had to take the bus to the Bedok town center.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

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Chio

Chio

  1. (dated) Synonym of Chios.
    • CHIO, Chios, Xio, or Scio, an Aſiatic iſland, lying near the coaſt of Ionia, in Natolia or Leſſer Aſia, about one hundred miles weſt of Smyrna. It is called by the Turks Sakiſaduci, and is about one hundred miles in circumference; being chiefly inhabited by Chriſtians of the Greek church, who are...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192
    Synonyms:
    Chios

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Chio

Chio (plural Chios)

  1. A surname from Cantonese.

Synonyms of chio

Forms of chio

Adjective
comparativemore chio
superlativemost chio
Proper noun
pluralChios

Origin of chio

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

From Italian Chio, from Latin Chios, from Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos).

From Cantonese 昭 (ciu1). This surname is mostly found in Macau.

Phrases with chio

Questions about chio

What does chio mean?
Chio means cute, pretty.
What part of speech is chio?
Chio can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce chio?
Chio is pronounced [t͡ʃʰjoː] (Singapore).

Words near chio in the dictionary

  1. Chinyanja
  2. Chinyelu
  3. chinze
  4. chinzes
  5. chiné
  6. chio
  7. chio bu
  8. Chio turpentine
  9. Chiochiș
  10. chiodectonic acid
  11. Chiodo

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