ထောင်ကဲ

Burmese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 頭家 / 头家 (thâu-ke).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰàʊɴkɛ́/
• Romanization: MLCTS: htaungkai: • ALA-LC: thoṅʻkai • BGN/PCGN: htaungkè: • Okell: htauñkè

Noun

ထောင်ကဲ • (htaungkai:)

1. (honorific) respectful form of address used for Chinese men

References

• “ထောင်ကဲ” in Myanmar–English Dictionary (Myanmar Language Commission 1993). Searchable online at SEAlang.net.