kèo

See also: keo, kéo, kẻo, kẹo, ke'o, Keo, and Keō

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɛw˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛw˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɛw˨˩]

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 橋 (SV: kiều). Related to cầu (“bridge”).

Noun

(classifier cây (“supporting structure”)) kèo • (橋)

1. a supporting structure in the house
2. (by extension, gamble) bet
3. (informal) appointment

See also

Derived terms

• giao kèo
• lật kèo

 

Etymology 2

Noun

kèo

1. Short for cá kèo (“goby (of the genus Pseudapocryptes)”).