kẹo

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɛw˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛw˨˩ʔ]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɛw˨˩˨]

kẹo • (𥼱)

1. "non-bánh" candy

   bánh kẹo ― "bánh" and "non-bánh" candy; confectionery

Most likely unrelated to Chinese 五 (MC nguX).

kẹo

1. (probably obsolete, chiefly pig traders' cant) five

(numerals in pig traders' cant) số đếm trong tiếng lóng lái lợn; chách (“one”), lái/nái (“two”), thâm (“three”), chớ (“four”), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), mục (“six”), khắp/hấp (“seven”), bét (“eight”), khươm/khơm (“nine”), nạp/lạp (“ten”), ^{(Category: vi:Numerals in pig traders' cant)}