tỉ phú
Definition
- Noun:
- Billionaire: A person whose wealth amounts to at least one billion units of a given currency, such as dollars, euros, or đồng.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông ấy là một tỉ phú công nghệ. (He is a technology billionaire.)
- Cô ấy trở thành tỉ phú nhờ đầu tư khôn ngoan. (She became a billionaire through wise investments.)
- Danh sách tỉ phú thế giới được công bố hàng năm. (The world billionaire list is published annually.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "tỉ phú" is used specifically for a billionaire (1,000,000,000). For a millionaire, the Vietnamese term is "triệu phú".
- It can be used attributively to describe a person's status or a category, e.g., (billionaire club), (billionaire mindset).
Variants and Related Words
- Triệu phú (n): Millionaire.
- Anh ta là một triệu phú tự thân. (He is a self-made millionaire.)
Synonyms
- Billionaire: A person possessing assets worth at least one billion currency units.
- Tycoon: A wealthy, powerful person in business or industry (may or may not be a precise billionaire).
- Magnate: An influential person in a particular industry, often implying great wealth.
Related Idioms
- Giàu như tỉ phú: As rich as a billionaire; used to describe someone with immense wealth.
- Công ty mới thành công, anh ấy giàu như tỉ phú. (His new company succeeded, and he became as rich as a billionaire.)