Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dignified and serious: Describes a person's appearance, demeanor, or behavior as calm, composed, and commanding respect due to their serious and self-possessed nature.
   • Solemn and stately: Conveys a sense of formal gravity and impressive poise.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy bước lên bục phát biểu một cách rất đĩnh đạc. (He stepped up to the podium to speak in a very dignified and serious manner.)
  • Dù còn trẻ, anh ấy có vẻ ngoài đĩnh đạc. (Despite being young, he has a dignified and serious appearance.)
  • Cô giáo chủ nhiệm luôn ăn nói đĩnh đạc trước cả lớp. (The homeroom teacher always speaks in a dignified and serious way in front of the whole class.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used to describe the bearing of figures in authority, such as leaders, elders, or judges, emphasizing their composed and respectable aura.
• It can modify nouns related to behavior, speech, or appearance (e.g., - a dignified demeanor, - a dignified voice).

Variants and Related Words

• Đàng hoàng đĩnh đạc (phrase): Proper and dignified. This is a common reinforcing phrase.
  • Ông ấy sống một cuộc đời đàng hoàng đĩnh đạc. (He lived a proper and dignified life.)

Synonyms

• Dignified: Having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect.
• Solemn: Formal and dignified.
• Stately: Having a dignified, unhurried, and grand manner.
• Decorous: In keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.

Antonyms

• Frivolous: Not having any serious purpose or value.
• Undignified: Appearing foolish and unseemly; lacking in dignity.
• Casual: Relaxed and unconcerned.

Related Idioms

• While "đĩnh đạc" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to descriptions of respectable character. The phrase "đàng hoàng đĩnh đạc" is a standard collocation emphasizing proper and dignified conduct.

1. Diginified and serious
   • Cư xử đĩnh đạc
     To behave in a serious and dignified way