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kiết

kiết

See also: Kiệt

Vietnamese

Noun

kiết

  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 (“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)