Definition

1. Noun:
   • A woman of loose morals; a promiscuous woman: Refers to a woman, often without a stable home or family, who leads a freewheeling, unrestrained lifestyle, frequently involving casual sexual relationships. It implies a lack of societal attachment and conventional morality.
   • A vagabond or itinerant woman: Denotes a woman who wanders or drifts from place to place without a fixed home or steady occupation, living on the fringes of society.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Câu chuyện kể về cuộc đời của một cô gái giang hồ. (The story tells the life of a demi-mondaine.)
  • Bà ta có tiếng là gái giang hồ từ thời trẻ. (She was known as a woman of loose morals since her youth.)

Advanced Usage

• The term carries strong negative connotations and is often used pejoratively to judge a woman's character and lifestyle. It blends the concepts of sexual promiscuity with rootlessness.

Variants and Related Words

• Gái đĩ (n): A prostitute; a whore. This is a stronger, more direct synonym.
• Gái làng chơi (n): A woman who frequents pleasure quarters; a courtesan.
• Trai tứ chiếng (n): A vagabond or wandering man; often used in contrast with "gái giang hồ".

Synonyms

• Demi-mondaine: A woman whose social standing is questionable due to her lifestyle or sexual behavior.
• Woman of easy virtue: A euphemism for a promiscuous woman.
• Vagabond woman: A woman who wanders without a home.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Gái giang hồ gặp trai tứ chiếng: (Proverb) Literally "a wandering woman meets a vagabond man"; similar to "birds of a feather flock together," implying two unrestrained, rootless people finding each other.

noun

1. demi-mondaine