khách

• IPA^(key): /kʰac⁶/

Cognate with Vietnamese sách.

khách

1. (Mường Bi) book

From Proto-Vietic *k-rac, from some form of Chinese 鐵 (OC *l̥ˤik) (B-S). Cognate with Vietnamese sắt.

khách

1. (Mường Bi) iron (chemical element)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [xajk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kʰat̚˦˧˥] ~ [xat̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kʰat̚˦˥] ~ [xat̚˦˥]

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 客 (“guest; visitor”).

khách

1. 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

2. (dated) celebrity
3. (dated, informal) Sino-Vietnamese (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam)

   Chú ăn ở một hiệu khách.

   He ate at a Chinese restaurant.

Onomatopoeic, after the bird's call "khách khách".

(classifier con) khách

1. (onomatopoeia) treepie

• (treepie): chim khách, chim khách hung

• "khách" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)