Etymology

Khek

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Today it means: a Hakka person Full definition →

Hokkien 客
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  1. Hokkien · borrowed from客
  2. English todayKhek

From Hokkien 客 (Kheh, literally “guest people”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.