khéo

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

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 巧 (SV: xảo).

khéo • (窖, 𱔫, 呌)

1. skillful

   khéo miệng ― having a way with words

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 靠 (“to draw near”, SV: kháo).

khéo • (窖)

1. possibly leading to
   • 1820, 阮攸 [Nguyễn Du], compiled by Liễu Văn Đường, 傳翹 [Truyện Kiều], published 1866, line 2:

     𡦂(chữ)才(tài)𡦂(chữ)命(mệnh)窖(khéo)⿱罒𪜀(là)恄(ghét)饒(nhau)

     Talent and fate are always apt to strife.

• khoé