금수저

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Korean

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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금수저 (geumsujeo)

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