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Muong
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Cognate with Vietnamese sách.
Noun
khách
- (Mường Bi) book
Etymology 2
From Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from some form of Chinese 鐵 (OC *l̥ˤik) (B-S). Cognate with Vietnamese sắt.
Noun
khách
- (Mường Bi) iron (chemical element)
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 客 (“guest; visitor”).
Noun
khách
- someone who is not the owner, host or proprietor of a place and who's visiting or temporarily staying at that place; a guest, shopper, patron, customer, client, visitor, passenger, etc.; compare chủ (“owner; host; proprietor”)
- khách hàng ― a customer or client
Cửa hàng đông khách.- The shop/restaurant was crowded. / The shop/restaurant was selling.
- khách đi tàu ― passengers on a ship or a cruise ship
- đất khách (quê người) ― a foreign land; somewhere that's not your homeland
- (dated) celebrity
- (dated, informal) Sino-Vietnamese (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam)
Chú ăn ở một hiệu khách.- He ate at a Chinese restaurant.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic, after the bird's call "khách khách".
Noun
(classifier con) khách
- (onomatopoeia) treepie
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