khá

See also: khâ and khả

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˨˩˦]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰaː˦˥] ~ [xaː˦˥]

Adjective

khá (phonemic reduplicative kha khá)

good (competent or talented (of people))

Adverb

khá

well (competently)
quite, rather, fairly

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