khớ

Thân thiện

Con cá khớ to bơi trong bể cá.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Pretty well, quite enough: "khớ" indicates a satisfactory or acceptable degree, meaning something is fairly good or sufficient in quantity or quality. It is a colloquial phonetic variant of "khá."
   • Quite, rather: Used to modify adjectives or verbs to express a moderate, positive degree.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Kể cũng khớ đấy. (That's pretty good, I must say.)
  • Con cá khớ to. (The fish is quite big.)
  • Anh ấy làm khớ lắm. (He did it quite well.)
  • Tiền này cũng khớ rồi. (This amount of money is quite enough.)

Advanced Usage

• "khơ khớ" (reduplicative form): This is the reduplicated form of "khớ," softening its meaning. It conveys a sense of "fairly," "pretty," or "reasonably," often with a slightly more casual or folksy tone.
  • Công việc tiến hành khơ khớ. (The work is progressing fairly well.)
  • Nhà nó cũng khơ khớ. (His house is pretty nice.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khá (adj/adv): The standard word meaning "quite," "rather," "fairly good." "Khớ" is a colloquial variant of this.
  • Cô ấy hát khá hay. (She sings quite well.)
• Kha khá (adj/adv): A common reduplicative form similar to "khơ khớ," meaning "pretty," "considerable," "a fair amount."
  • Anh ấy tích lũy được kha khá tiền. (He has saved up a fair amount of money.)

Synonyms

• Tạm được: Passable, acceptable.
• Cũng được: Also okay, not bad.
• Khỏe (in some Northern dialects, colloquial): Fine, good (in the sense of sufficient or satisfactory).

Notes on Usage

• Register: "Khớ" and especially "khơ khớ" are primarily used in colloquial speech and informal contexts. They are less common in formal writing.
• Regional Use: These forms are widely understood but belong to the informal, spoken register of Vietnamese.
• Function: They are used similarly to "khá" but often carry a more conversational or nuanced tone, sometimes implying a pleasant surprise or a satisfactory minimum.

Học thuật

1. Pretty well, quite enough.
2. (Khơ khớ) (láy, ý giảm)