"khá" meaning in Vietnamese

See khá in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [xaː˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [kʰaː˨˩˦] [Huế], [xaː˨˩˦] [Huế], [kʰaː˦˥] (note: Saigon), [xaː˦˥] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199_(vie)-Jessica_Nguyen_(Pamputt)-khá.wav
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|可}}, {{der|vi|zh|可//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">khả</i>|t=can; able; suitable; good|tr=-}} Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả), {{vi-etym-sino|可|can; able; suitable; good|khả|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả) Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=}} khá, {{vi-adj}} khá
  1. fairly/decently competent; fine; OK
    Sense id: en-khá-vi-adj-KgCM70lL
  2. (education, of a student or their achievements) "decent", below xuất sắc (“excellent”) and giỏi (“good”), above trung bình (“average”), yếu (“poor”) and kém (“terrible”) Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-khá-vi-adj-3n~LVwaP Topics: education
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: khá giả, khá khẩm, khá khen, khấm khá

Adverb

IPA: [xaː˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [kʰaː˨˩˦] [Huế], [xaː˨˩˦] [Huế], [kʰaː˦˥] (note: Saigon), [xaː˦˥] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199_(vie)-Jessica_Nguyen_(Pamputt)-khá.wav
Etymology: Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả). Etymology templates: {{etymid|vi|可}}, {{der|vi|zh|可//|pos=SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">khả</i>|t=can; able; suitable; good|tr=-}} Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả), {{vi-etym-sino|可|can; able; suitable; good|khả|hv=n}} Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả) Head templates: {{head|vi|adverb|||head=|tr=}} khá, {{vi-adv}} khá
  1. fairly competently
    Sense id: en-khá-vi-adv-xiELpOaS Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 23 61 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 21 70 6 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 15 20 58 7
  2. quite; rather; fairly
    Sense id: en-khá-vi-adv-i36K00mY
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      "word": "khá giả"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "khá khẩm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "khá khen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Chinese 可 (“can; able; suitable; good”, SV: khả)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "fairly/decently competent; fine; OK"
      ],
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          "decently",
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        ],
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          "competent",
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        ],
        [
          "fine",
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        ],
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        ]
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        {
          "english": "to graduate cum laude",
          "text": "tốt nghiệp loại khá",
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        }
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          "decent",
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        ],
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          "xuất sắc",
          "xuất sắc#Vietnamese"
        ],
        [
          "excellent",
          "excellent"
        ],
        [
          "giỏi",
          "giỏi#Vietnamese"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "trung bình",
          "trung bình#Vietnamese"
        ],
        [
          "average",
          "average"
        ],
        [
          "yếu",
          "yếu#Vietnamese"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ],
        [
          "kém",
          "kém#Vietnamese"
        ],
        [
          "terrible",
          "terrible"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a student or their achievements"
      ],
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        "education"
      ]
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      "ipa": "[xaː˧˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[kʰaː˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xaː˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰaː˦˥]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
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    },
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          "rather",
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        "Huế"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[kʰaː˦˥]",
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      "word": "khá giả"
    },
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      "word": "khá khẩm"
    },
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