khá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kha"

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˨˩˦]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰaː˦˥] ~ [xaː˦˥]
  • Audio (Ho Chi Minh City)(file)

Adjective

khá

  1. fairly/decently competent; fine; OK
  2. (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
Derived terms

Adverb

khá

  1. fairly competently
  2. quite; rather; fairly
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