khách

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Vietnamese sách.

Noun

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khách

  1. (Mường Bi) book

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from some form of Chinese (OC *l̥ˤik) (B-S). Cognate with Vietnamese sắt.

Noun

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khách

  1. (Mường Bi) iron (chemical element)

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (guest; visitor).

Noun

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khách

  1. someone who is not the owner, host or proprietor of a place and who's visiting or temporarily staying at that place; a guest, shopper, patron, customer, client, visitor, passenger, etc.; compare chủ (owner; host; proprietor)
    khách hànga customer or client
    Cửa hàng đông khách.
    The shop/restaurant was crowded. / The shop/restaurant was selling.
    khách đi tàupassengers on a ship or a cruise ship
    đất khách (quê người)a foreign land; somewhere that's not your homeland
  2. (dated) celebrity
  3. (dated, informal) Sino-Vietnamese (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam)
    Chú ăn ở một hiệu khách.
    He ate at a Chinese restaurant.
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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(classifier con) khách

  1. (onomatopoeia) treepie
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