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 tư

  1. family fortune; family possessions
    • 1820, Nguyễn Du (阮攸), Đoạn trường tân thanh (Truyện Kiều)‎[1], published 1866, lines 11–12:
      固(Có)茹(nhà)員(viên)外(ngoại)户(họ)王(Vương)
      家(Gia)資(tư)擬(nghĩ)拱(cũng)常(thường)常(thường)堛(bậc)中(trung)
      There was a respectable townsman with surname Vương.
      Of modest wealth, he belonged to the middle class of society.
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