khét

Vietnamese

Etymology

Cognate with Chut [Mày] kahɛt³ (Babaev & Samarina, 2018).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xɛt̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰɛt̚˦˧˥] ~ [xɛt̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰɛk̚˦˥] ~ [xɛk̚˦˥]

Adjective

khét • (𤋸, 𤏦)

  1. having a burning smell
  2. (colloquial) cool; awesome
    Synonym: chất
    Trông khét đấy!
    [You] look great!

See also

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