bạn điền
Definition
- Noun:
- Farmhand, agricultural worker: "bạn điền" refers to a person who works in agriculture, typically as a laborer on a farm or in the fields. This term is now considered archaic in modern Vietnamese.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông nội tôi từng là một bạn điền. (My grandfather used to be a farmhand.)
- Trong xã hội xưa, bạn điền là lực lượng lao động chính. (In the old society, farmhands were the main labor force.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily found in historical or literary contexts to describe the social class or occupation of agricultural workers in pre-modern Vietnam.
Variants and Related Words
- Nông dân (n): Farmer, peasant. This is the modern, common term for an agricultural worker.
- Thợ cày (n): Plowman, a person who plows fields.
- Lão nông (n): Old farmer, an experienced farmer.
Synonyms
- Phu nông: Farm laborer.
- Tá điền: Tenant farmer.
Notes on Usage
- The word "bạn điền" is an archaic term. It is rarely used in contemporary spoken or written Vietnamese outside of historical discussions, literature, or poetry.
- When translating or explaining this term in English, "farmhand" or "agricultural worker" are appropriate, with a note about its historical context.