đài các

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from (“tower”) and (“chamber”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

đài các

  1. upper-class
    tiểu thư đài các
    an upper-class young lady who usually has to stay in her room
  2. (by extension) elegant
    Synonym: quý phái
    • 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 191:
      Những cô gái xinh xắn trong những bộ kimono đài các, sặc sỡ chắp tay cúi đầu chào Nagamoto và Vạn.
      Pretty girls in elegant multicolored kimonos brought their hands together and bowed their head to great Nagamoto and Vạn.

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