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˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʰaː˦˥] ~ [xaː˦˥]

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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

• khá giả
• khá khẩm
• khá khen
• khấm khá

 

Adverb

khá

1. fairly competently
2. quite; rather; fairly