Definition

Noun: - Printing house; printing office: A place or establishment where books, newspapers, or other materials are printed. This term is now considered archaic or literary in modern Vietnamese.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Các ấn quán bí mật in truyền đơn kêu gọi chống thực dân. (Secret printing houses printed leaflets calling for resistance against the colonists.)
  • Cuốn sách này được phát hành từ một ấn quán nổi tiếng ở Hà Nội thế kỷ trước. (This book was published by a famous printing house in Hanoi last century.)

Advanced Usage

• The term ấn quán is primarily used in historical or literary contexts to refer to printing establishments from earlier periods. In contemporary language, nhà in is the standard and more common term.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhà in (noun): The modern, standard term for "printing house" or "printing company."
• Xưởng in (noun): Printing workshop; a place where printing is done, sometimes on a smaller scale.
• Ấn loát (noun, archaic): The act of printing or the printing craft itself.

Synonyms

• Printing house (n): A company that prints books, magazines, etc.
• Print shop (n): A place where printing is done; can be a smaller commercial establishment.
• Printing office (n): An older term for a place where printing and publishing business is conducted.

Related Phrases

• Quản đốc ấn quán (noun phrase, historical): The manager or director of a printing house.
• Làm việc tại ấn quán (verb phrase): To work at a printing house.

noun

1. printing-house; printing-office