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 拮 (“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”)