thư sinh

== Vietnamese == === Alternative forms === thư-sinh, thư sanh, thư-sanh === Etymology === Sino-Vietnamese word from 書生, composed of 書 (“book”) and 生 (“student”). === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ sïŋ˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [tʰɨ˧˧ sɨn˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [tʰɨ˧˧ ʂɨn˧˧] ~ [tʰɨ˧˧ sɨn˧˧] === Noun === thư sinh (historical) a male student who studied Chinese characters and scriptures and who was typically poor and frail === Adjective === thư sinh (of a man) attractively pale and slender like the stereotypical image of a Sinology student of old === See also === mi-nhon