khá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kha"
Vietnamese edit
Etymology edit
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả).
Pronunciation edit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaː˨˩˦] ~ [xaː˨˩˦] invalid IPA characters (][)
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaː˦˥] ~ [xaː˦˥] invalid IPA characters (][)
Audio (Saigon): (file)
Adjective edit
khá
- fairly/decently competent; fine; OK
- (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 edit
Derived terms
Adverb edit
khá