Definition

1. Noun:
   • Property, estate: The total assets and possessions, especially material wealth such as money, land, and houses, that belong to a family or an individual, often considered as a whole unit to be passed down through generations.
   • Patrimony, family fortune: The inherited wealth, including both tangible and intangible assets, of a family.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Gia sản của dòng họ đó rất lớn. (The family's estate is very large.)
  • Ông ấy để lại gia sản cho các con. (He left his property to his children.)
  • Họ đang tranh chấp gia sản. (They are disputing the inheritance.)

Advanced Usage

• The term often implies a significant, accumulated wealth that carries the history and responsibility of a family lineage, not just individual belongings.
• In legal contexts, "gia sản" can be the subject of inheritance procedures, division, or confiscation.

Variants and Related Words

• Tài sản (n): A more general and common term for assets, property, or possessions, which can belong to an individual, family, or organization. It is often used in legal and everyday contexts.
  • Anh ta có nhiều tài sản có giá trị. (He has many valuable assets.)
• Di sản (n): Heritage, legacy. This often refers to what is passed down, which can be material (like an estate) or immaterial (like cultural traditions).
  • Di sản văn hóa thế giới. (World cultural heritage.)

Synonyms

• Estate: All the money and property owned by a particular person, especially at death.
• Patrimony: Property inherited from one's father or ancestor; heritage.
• Family fortune: The wealth accumulated by a family over time.

Related Idioms

• Gia tài, gia sản: This is a reinforcing phrase meaning "all the family wealth and possessions."
  • Ông cụ tích cóp cả đời để xây dựng gia tài, gia sản. (The old man saved his whole life to build the family fortune.)
• Kế thừa gia sản: To inherit the family estate.
  • Người con trai cả sẽ kế thừa gia sản. (The eldest son will inherit the family estate.)

noun

1. property, estate