gia tư

See also: giã từ

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 家資 (family property)

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaː˧˧ tɨ˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [jaː˧˧ tɨ˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [jaː˧˧ tɨ˧˧]

    Noun

    gia

    1. family fortune; family possessions
      • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)[1], published 1866, lines 11–12:
        ()(nhà)(viên)(ngoại)(họ)(Vương)
        (Gia)()(nghĩ)(cũng)(thường)(thường)(bậc)(trung)
        There was a respectable townsman with surname Vương.
        Of modest wealth, he belonged to the middle class of society.