kiết

See also: kiét and Kiệt

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kiət̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kiək̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kiək̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

Noun

kiết • (結)

1. (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

1. poor, short of money, penniless
2. stingy, miserly

Derived terms

• kiết cú (“indigent, poor, penniless”)
• kiết xác (“very poor, destitute”)
• keo kiết (“stingy, miserly”)