trưởng giả

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 長者.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˩ zaː˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɨəŋ˧˨ jaː˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɨəŋ˨˩˦ jaː˨˩˦]

Noun

trưởng giả

  1. (history) a bourgeois
    Trưởng giả học làm sang
    Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
    (literally, “A Bourgeois Who Learns to Be Classy”)
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