kiết

See also: kiét and Kiệt

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiət̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kiək̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kiək̚˦˥]

Noun

kiết • (結)

(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

poor, short of money, penniless
stingy, miserly

Derived terms

kiết cú (“indigent, poor, penniless”)
kiết xác (“very poor, destitute”)
keo kiết (“stingy, miserly”)

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