ghẻ

See also: ghe, ghè, ghé, ghê, ghẹ, ghế, and ghệ

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣɛ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣɛ˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣɛ˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] kʰɛːl⁵.

Borrowed from a late form of Old Chinese 疥 (OC *C.kˤr[e][p]-s) (B-S) when the coda *-p already lost but the postcoda *-s was still extant. The Vietic form (whatever stage it was) at the time of borrowing can be reconstructed as roughly *C-kɛːs.

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) kẻn
(North Central Vietnam) ghẻn

Noun

ghẻ • (𤴪, 㽻, 㾵, 𡒬)

(pathology) scabies
(colloquial) scab

Noun

(classifier con) ghẻ • (𤴪, 㽻, 㾵, 𡒬)

Short for cái ghẻ (“itch mite”).

Adjective

ghẻ

(by extension, colloquial) shit; trash; garbage; low-quality; cheap
Synonyms: cùi bắp, cùi mía, ruồi, dỏm, dởm

Nhà có cái máy tính ghẻ thôi, game ghiếc gì.
I only have a trash PC at home, that thing is not gonna be able to handle any game.

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 繼 (SV: kế).

Adjective

ghẻ

(somewhat derogatory) step-

Derived terms