kiết

See also: kiét and Kiệt

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kiət̚˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kiək̚˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kiək̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

Noun

kiết • (結)

  1. (pathology) dysentery
Derived terms
  • kiết lị (“dysentery”)
  • đi kiết (“to have dysentery”)
  • kiết bạch (“dysentery with diarrhoea that becomes white with mucus”)
  • kiết máu (“dysentery with blood in the stools”)
  • táo kiết (“constipation”)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 拮 (“poor”).

Adjective

kiết

  1. poor, short of money, penniless
  2. stingy, miserly
Derived terms
  • kiết cú (“indigent, poor, penniless”)
  • kiết xác (“very poor, destitute”)
  • keo kiết (“stingy, miserly”)
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