tiểu thư

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 小姐 (SV: tiểu tả), perhaps influenced by Chinese 雌 (thư, “female”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tiəw˧˩ tʰɨ˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [tiw˧˨ tʰɨ˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tiw˨˩˦ tʰɨ˧˧]

Noun

tiểu thư

  1. (archaic) a young mistress, the daughter of a wealthy man

See also

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