keo
(Redirected from cây keo)
Vietnamese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 膠 (“glue”, SV: giao). Cognate with Thai กาว (gaao), Lao ກາວ (kāo), Burmese ကော် (kau), Khmer កាវ (kaaw).
Noun edit
keo
- glue
- dính như keo ― as sticky as glue
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
(classifier cây) keo
Etymology 3 edit
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Adjective edit
keo
- (derogatory, of a person) cheap; stingy
- Synonym: bủn xỉn
See also edit
Derived terms
- hà tiện (“frugal”)
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
keo
- round (in a fight)
- Thua keo này bày keo khác. ― If you lose this round, you fight another round.