trưởng giả

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 長者.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨəŋ˧˩ zaː˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɨəŋ˧˨ jaː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈɨəŋ˨˩˦ jaː˨˩˦]

Noun

trưởng giả

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

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