Definition

1. Noun:
   • Ashes: The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance, especially from a fire or furnace. This is a regional/dialectal variant of the standard Vietnamese word "tro".

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hãy hốt gio trong bếp đi. (Please shovel away the ashes from the kitchen.)
  • Sau đám cháy, chỉ còn lại một đống gio. (After the fire, only a pile of ashes remained.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is primarily used in specific regional dialects of Vietnamese. In formal writing and standard communication, the word "tro" is preferred.
  • Trong phương ngữ miền Trung, "gio" thường được dùng thay cho "tro". (In Central regional dialects, "gio" is often used instead of "tro".)

Variants and Related Words

• Tro (n): The standard Vietnamese word for "ashes".
  • tro bếp (kitchen ashes)
  • tro tàn (ashes and embers, often used figuratively to mean remnants or something vanished)

Synonyms

• Tàn tro (n): Ashes and embers.
• Bụi than (n): Coal dust (context-specific, not a direct synonym but related residue).

1. (tiếng địa phương) (như tro) Ashes
   • Hốt tro trong bếp
     To shovel away ashes from the kitchen fire