tiểu thư

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

tiểu thơ

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 小姐 (SV: tiểu tả), perhaps influenced by Chinese 雌 (thư, “female”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tiəw˧˩ tʰɨ˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [tiw˧˨ tʰɨ˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tiw˨˩˦ tʰɨ˧˧]

Noun

tiểu thư

(archaic) a young mistress, the daughter of a wealthy man

See also

lão gia (“master”)
thiếu gia (“young master”)

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