thiếu gia

Vietnamese

Etymology

    Sino-Vietnamese word from 少爺, composed of 少 (“young”) and 爺 (“grandfather”), from Chinese 少爺 / 少爷 (shàoyé), eggcorn of thiếu da, due to confusion between Chinese 爺 / 爷 (yé, Sino-Vietnamese da), Sino-Vietnamese -gia (“family; -ist”) and native Vietnamese da (“skin”). The spelling thiếu da could, theoretically, also be nonsensically interpreted as "to lack skin" and thus not favorable. See also Gia Tô.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰiəw˧˦ zaː˧˧]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰiw˨˩˦ jaː˧˧]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰiw˦˥ jaː˧˧]

    Noun

    thiếu gia

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

    See also

    Further reading

    • “Thiếu gia hay thiếu da”, in PetroTimes‎[1], 23 August 2013, retrieved 19 February 2019
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