thiếu gia

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 少爺, composed of 少 (“young”) and 爺 (“grandfather”), from Chinese 少爺, eggcorn of thiếu da, due to confusion between Chinese 爺 (Sino-Vietnamese da), Sino-Vietnamese -gia (“family; -ist”) and native Vietnamese da (“skin”). See also Gia Tô.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

thiếu gia

(archaic) a young master, the son of a wealthy man
a rich boy born in wealth
Synonym: công tử
Eggcorn of thiếu da; misspelling of thiếu da.

See also

thái gia
lão gia
tiểu thư

Further reading

“Thiếu gia hay thiếu da”, in PetroTimes‎, 2013-08-23, retrieved 2019-02-19

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