How do you say “rather” in Vietnamese?

“Rather” in Vietnamese is khá (fairly/decently competent).

Vietnamese words for “rather”

• kháListenadverb
  Hanoi [xaː˧˦] · Saigon [kʰaː˦˥]khá rising

  fairly/decently competent; fine; OK

  for “rather” meaning: Somewhat, quite; to an unexpected degree.

  • Điều đó khá là bất ngờ.That is rather unexpected.

Related Vietnamese words

• chẳng thàListenadverb

  rather; preferably; better

• kha kháListenadverb

  fairly/decently competent; fine; OK

• thàListenadverb

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.