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／败家子 (bại gia tử).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [faː˧˦ zaː˧˧ t͡ɕi˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [faː˨˩˦ jaː˧˧ t͡ɕɪj˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [faː˦˥ jaː˧˧ cɪj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]

Noun

phá gia chi tử

1. (idiomatic) child who squanders the family fortune