khẳng khái

Vietnamese

Alternative forms
  • khảng khái

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 慷慨. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possible contamination from "khẳng" in khẳng định?”)

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaŋ˧˩ xaːj˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaŋ˧˨ kʰaːj˨˩˦] ~ [xaŋ˧˨ xaːj˨˩˦]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [kʰaŋ˨˩˦ kʰaːj˦˥] ~ [xaŋ˨˩˦ xaːj˦˥]

Adjective

khẳng khái

  1. chivalrous
    • 2005, chapter 3, in Cao Tự Thanh, transl., Anh hùng xạ điêu, Văn học, translation of 射雕英雄传 by Jīn Yōng (Kim Dung):
      Có một thanh niên tên Xích Lão Ôn không sợ nguy hiểm, khẳng khái giữ y lại, đập vỡ cái gông của y vứt vào đống lửa đốt rụi, cho y lên một chiếc xe chở lông dê.
      There was a youth by the name of Chilaun who was unafraid of danger and chivalrously stopped him, shattered his cangue, threw it into the fire to burn it, and let him onto a cart with goatskins.
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