sĩ diện

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 士 (“scholar”) and 面 (“face”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

face; honour; prestige

Adjective

(colloquial) egoistic; snobbish
- 2016, My, “Không Có Tiền Nhưng Chồng Tôi Rất Sĩ (My Husband Is Broke but Very Snobbish)”, VnExpress
  Tôi tiết kiệm từng đồng để lo cho con và gia đình nhưng chồng lại tiêu xài xả láng, anh có tính rất sĩ diện và tự đề cao mình.
  I save up every penny to care for our children and family while my husband is a spendthrift; he is very snobbish and self-aggrandizing.

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