khá
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kha"
Khiamniungan Naga
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰa⁵⁵/
Verb
khá
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaː˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaː˨˩˦] ~ [xaː˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaː˦˥] ~ [xaː˦˥]
Audio (Saigon): (file)
Adjective
khá (diminutive reduplication kha 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
Adverb
khá