tai tai
tai tai · tai tais
A wealthy woman who lives a life of leisureA wealthy woman who lives a life of leisure.
Meaning
1 senses(Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore)A wealthy woman who lives a life of leisure.
Origin
Borrowed from Mandarin 太太 (tàitai, literally “great-great”), originally a high-ranking honBorrowed from Mandarin 太太 (tàitai, literally “great-great”), originally a high-ranking honorific title for the wives of officials during the Ming dynasty, later generalising to "madam", "Mrs.", or "wife" in modern Mandarin. In Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong English, the term underwent a semantic shift to specifically denote a wealthy married woman who enjoys a life of conspicuous leisure.
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