금수저

Korean

Etymology

금(金) (geum, “gold”) +‎ 수저 (sujeo, “cutlery; spoon and chopsticks”), the figurative sense probably by analogy from 은(銀)수저 (eunsujeo, “silver spoon”).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geumsujeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geumsujeo
McCune–Reischauer?kŭmsujŏ
Yale Romanization?kumswuce

Noun

금수저 • (geumsujeo)

  1. (literally) a golden spoon and chopsticks
  2. (figurative) the high upper class, the wealthy and privileged
    Coordinate terms: 은수저 (eunsujeo, “silver spoon”), 동수저 (dongsujeo, “bronze spoon”), 흙수저 (heuksujeo, “dirt spoon”)
  • 수저계급론 (sujeogyegeumnon, “spoon theory”)
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