ghẻ

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣɛ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣɛ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣɛ˨˩˦]

Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] kʰɛːl⁵.

Borrowed from a late form of Old Chinese 疥 (OC *C.kˤr[e][p]-s) (B-S) when the coda *-p already lost but the postcoda *-s was still extant. The Vietic form (whatever stage it was) at the time of borrowing can be reconstructed as roughly *C-kɛːs.

• (North Central Vietnam) kẻn (no lention, in dialects where *-l > /-n/)
• (North Central Vietnam) ghẻn (with lention, in dialects where *-l > /-n/)

ghẻ • (𤴪, 㽻, 㾵, 𡒬)

1. (pathology) scabies
2. (colloquial) scab

(classifier con) ghẻ • (𤴪, 㽻, 㾵, 𡒬)

1. short for cái ghẻ (“itch mite”)

ghẻ

1. (by extension, colloquial) shit; trash; garbage; low-quality; cheap

   Synonyms: cùi bắp, cùi mía, ruồi, dỏm, dởm

   Nhà có cái máy tính ghẻ thôi, game ghiếc gì.

   I only have a trash PC at home, that thing is not gonna be able to handle any game.

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 繼 (SV: kế).

ghẻ

1. (somewhat derogatory) step-