kiết
See also: Kiệt
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kiət̚˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kiək̚˦˧˥]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kiək̚˦˥]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *[t]kiit ~ [t]kiət (“dysentery”). Cognate with Mon ထကိတ် (həkit, “dysentery”).
Noun
kiết
- (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”)