khách

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xajk̟̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰat̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰat̚˦˥] ~ [xat̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 客 (“guest; visitor”), from Proto-Vietic *kʰɛːk (“visitor”)

Noun

khách (客)

visitor, guest
customer
Cửa hàng đông khách.
The restaurant was crowded.
passenger
khách đi tàu
passengers of a ship
(dated) celebrity
(dated, informal) Sino-Vietnamese (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam)
Chú ăn ở một hiệu khách.
He ate at a Chinese restaurant.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, after the bird's call "khách khách".

Noun

(classifier con) khách

(onomatopoeia) treepie

Synonyms

(treepie): chim khách, chim khách hung

References

"khách" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

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