Khá - Wiktionary

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  • 1.3 Adjective
    • 1.3.1 Derived terms
  • 1.4 Adverb

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả).

Pronunciation

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• (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaː˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaː˨˩˦] ~ [xaː˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaː˦˥] ~ [xaː˦˥]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Adjective

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khá

1. fairly/decently competent; fine; OK
2. (education, of a student or their achievements) "decent", below xuất sắc (“excellent”) and giỏi (“good”), above trung bình (“average”), yếu (“poor”) and kém (“terrible”) tốt nghiệp loại khá ― to graduate cum laude

Derived terms

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• khá giả
• khá khẩm
• khá khen
• khấm khá

 

Adverb

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khá

1. fairly competently
2. quite; rather; fairly

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