chio

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Singapore[t͡ʃʰjoː]

adjective

Cute, pretty.

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Chios
OriginHokkien 𪁎 /𲍸 →
UncommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

chio1

adjectivechio (comparative more chio, superlative most chio)

comparative more chio · superlative most chio

  1. SingaporeCute, 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

Chio2

proper noun
  1. datedSynonym of Chios.
    1 more example

    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 ſaid to have three hundred churches in the iſland... Chio is alſo the capital of the above iſland, ſituated on the eaſt coaſt...

    1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192

    Synonyms: Chios

Chio3

proper nounChio (plural Chios)

plural Chios

  1. A surname from Cantonese.

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounSynonym of Chios.

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Chios

Origin

chio · adjective

  1. Hokkien𪁎 /𲍸“(of a male animal) sexually excited; to be in heat; to be receptive to mating”
  2. Englishchio

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

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Chio · proper noun

  1. Ancient GreekΧίος
  2. LatinChios
  3. ItalianChio
  4. EnglishChio

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

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Chio · proper noun

  1. Cantonese昭
  2. EnglishChio

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

ChoiOich
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APA

chio. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chio

MLA

“chio.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chio. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chio,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chio.

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