금수저

Korean

Etymology

금(金) (geum, “gold”) +‎ 수저 (sujeo, “cutlery; spoon and chopsticks”), the figurative sense probably by analogy from 은(銀)수저 (eunsujeo, “silver spoon”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kɯmsʰud͡ʑʌ̹]
Phonetic hangul: [금수저]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	geumsujeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	geumsujeo
McCune–Reischauer^?	kŭmsujŏ
Yale Romanization^?	kumswuce

Noun

금수저 • (geumsujeo)

(literally) a golden spoon and chopsticks
(figurative) the high upper class, the wealthy and privileged
Coordinate terms: 은수저 (eunsujeo, “silver spoon”), 동수저 (dongsujeo, “bronze spoon”), 흙수저 (heuksujeo, “dirt spoon”)

Related terms

수저계급론 (sujeogyegeumnon, “spoon theory”)