Definition

1. Noun:
   • Register, official record: "đăng bạ" refers to an official register, ledger, or record book used by authorities to list names, information, or items for administrative purposes, such as taxation or census.
   • The act of registration: It can also refer to the process or act of officially recording something in such a register.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tên anh ấy đã được ghi vào sổ đăng bạ. (His name has been recorded in the register.)
  • Các hộ gia đình phải khai báo để vào đăng bạ. (Households must declare information to enter the official register.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is marked as cũ (old) or arch. (archaic), indicating it is primarily found in historical or formal administrative contexts, especially from the feudal or colonial periods in Vietnam. Its usage in modern everyday language is very rare.
• "đăng bạ đóng thuế thân": To register one's name on the poll-tax list. This is a historical administrative phrase.

Variants and Related Words

• Sổ đăng bạ (n): The register book itself. This compound phrase is more specific than the single word "đăng bạ".
  • Lục lại sổ đăng bạ cũ để tìm thông tin. (Search the old register book to find information.)
• Đăng bộ (n): A synonym with the same meaning (register), also marked as archaic.
• Đăng ký (v): The modern, common verb for "to register".
  • Bạn cần đăng ký thông tin cá nhân. (You need to register your personal information.)

Synonyms

• Sổ sách (n): books, records (general).
• Danh sách (n): list, roster.
• Hồ sơ (n): records, files.

Related Phrases

• Vào đăng bạ: To be entered into the register.
  • Mảnh đất đó đã vào đăng bạ từ lâu. (That plot of land was entered into the register long ago.)
• Khai báo vào đăng bạ: To declare for registration in the register.

1. (cũ) cũng nói đăng bộ Register
   • Đăng bạ đóng thuế thân
     To register one's name on the poll-tax list