"khó" meaning in Vietnamese

See khó in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [xɔ˧˦] [Hà-Nội], [kʰɔ˨˩˦] [Huế], [xɔ˨˩˦] [Huế], [kʰɔ˦˥] (note: Saigon), [xɔ˦˥] (note: Saigon) Forms: [CJK], [CJK], 𧁷 [CJK], 𧁹 [CJK]
Etymology: From Late Proto-Vietic *kʰɔːʔ, from Middle Chinese 苦 (MC khuX) (SV: khổ); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] kʰɔː³. Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*kʰɔːʔ||}} Proto-Vietic *kʰɔːʔ, {{der|vi|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|苦|id=1}} 苦 (MC khuX), {{cog|tou|-}} Tho Head templates: {{head|vi|adjective|||||||head=|tr=苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹}} khó • (苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹), {{vi-adj|苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹}} khó • (苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹)
  1. difficult; tough
    Sense id: en-khó-vi-adj-V23ZKsJ5 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 41 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 39 4 Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 66 28 6
  2. (of a person) hard to get along with; hard to please
    Sense id: en-khó-vi-adj-csPDipLn Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 41 9
  3. (euphemistic) poor (not rich) Tags: euphemistic Synonyms (poor): nghèo
    Sense id: en-khó-vi-adj-Tk8hCMoz Categories (other): Vietnamese euphemisms Disambiguation of 'poor': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: khó chịu, khó dễ, khó khăn (từ láy), khó lòng, khó nhằn, khó ở, khó tính, khốn khó
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “easy, simple”",
      "word": "dễ"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "khó chịu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "khó dễ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "từ láy",
      "word": "khó khăn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "khó lòng"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "khó nhằn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "khó ở"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "khó tính"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "khốn khó"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "mkh-vie-pro",
        "3": "*kʰɔːʔ",
        "4": "",
        "5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Vietic *kʰɔːʔ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "苦",
        "id": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "苦 (MC khuX)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tou",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tho",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Proto-Vietic *kʰɔːʔ, from Middle Chinese 苦 (MC khuX) (SV: khổ); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] kʰɔː³.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "苦",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "庫",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𧁷",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𧁹",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹"
      },
      "expansion": "khó • (苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹"
      },
      "expansion": "khó • (苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹)",
      "name": "vi-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 41 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 39 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 28 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "difficult; tough"
      ],
      "id": "en-khó-vi-adj-V23ZKsJ5",
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 41 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard to get along with; hard to please"
      ],
      "id": "en-khó-vi-adj-csPDipLn",
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "get along",
          "get along"
        ],
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) hard to get along with; hard to please"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Vietnamese euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poor (not rich)"
      ],
      "id": "en-khó-vi-adj-Tk8hCMoz",
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) poor (not rich)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 100",
          "sense": "poor",
          "word": "nghèo"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xɔ˧˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔ˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɔ˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔ˦˥]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɔ˦˥]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khó"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “easy, simple”",
      "word": "dễ"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Vietnamese adjectives",
    "Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Vietnamese lemmas",
    "Vietnamese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic",
    "Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic",
    "Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "khó chịu"
    },
    {
      "word": "khó dễ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "từ láy",
      "word": "khó khăn"
    },
    {
      "word": "khó lòng"
    },
    {
      "word": "khó nhằn"
    },
    {
      "word": "khó ở"
    },
    {
      "word": "khó tính"
    },
    {
      "word": "khốn khó"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "mkh-vie-pro",
        "3": "*kʰɔːʔ",
        "4": "",
        "5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Vietic *kʰɔːʔ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "苦",
        "id": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "苦 (MC khuX)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tou",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Tho",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Late Proto-Vietic *kʰɔːʔ, from Middle Chinese 苦 (MC khuX) (SV: khổ); cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] kʰɔː³.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "苦",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "庫",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𧁷",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "𧁹",
      "tags": [
        "CJK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vi",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹"
      },
      "expansion": "khó • (苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹"
      },
      "expansion": "khó • (苦, 庫, 𧁷, 𧁹)",
      "name": "vi-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Vietnamese",
  "lang_code": "vi",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "difficult; tough"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "tough",
          "tough"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hard to get along with; hard to please"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "get along",
          "get along"
        ],
        [
          "please",
          "please"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a person) hard to get along with; hard to please"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Vietnamese euphemisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "poor (not rich)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) poor (not rich)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[xɔ˧˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Hà-Nội"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔ˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɔ˨˩˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Huế"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔ˦˥]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[xɔ˦˥]",
      "note": "Saigon"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "poor",
      "word": "nghèo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khó"
}

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