เจ้าสัว

Thai

Etymology

From Teochew 座 (zo7, “seat; base”) + 山 (suan1, “mountain”). The first syllable imitates existing เจ้า (jâao, “lord”).

Pronunciation

Orthographicเจ้าสัว
e t͡ɕ ˆ ā s ạ w
Phonemicเจ้า-สัว
e t͡ɕ ˆ ā – s ạ w
RomanizationPaiboonjâo-sǔua
Royal Institutechao-sua
(standard) IPA(key)/t͡ɕaw˥˩.sua̯˩˩˦/

Noun

เจ้าสัว • (jâo-sǔua)

  1. a rich Chinese person
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