phá gia chi tử
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 破, 家, 之 and 子. Compare Chinese 破家子 (phá gia tử), 敗家子 (bại gia tử).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [faː˧˦ zaː˧˧ t͡ɕi˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [faː˨˩˦ jaː˧˧ t͡ɕɪj˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [faː˦˥ jaː˧˧ cɪj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]
Noun
phá gia chi tử
- (idiomatic) child who squanders the family fortune