Definition

1. Verb (archaic):
   • To request retirement from an official position or government office: "cáo hồi" specifically refers to the formal act of an official asking to retire from their post or duties. It is an old-fashioned term, no longer commonly used in modern Vietnamese.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau bốn mươi năm phục vụ, vị quan già đã cáo hồi. (After forty years of service, the old mandarin requested to retire from office.)
  • Cáo hồi là một nghi thức quan trọng của các quan lại thời phong kiến. (Requesting retirement was an important ritual for mandarins in the feudal era.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is almost exclusively used in historical or literary contexts to describe the retirement of officials in pre-modern Vietnamese dynastic systems.

Variants and Related Words

• Cáo lão (archaic verb): To request retirement due to old age.
• Cáo quan (archaic verb): To resign from an official position.
• Cáo từ (verb): To bid farewell; to take leave (can be used more broadly than just for retirement).

Synonyms

• Xin về hưu (verb, modern): To request retirement (the modern, common term).
• Xin từ chức (verb): To request resignation.

Notes on Usage

• "Cáo hồi" is an obsolete term. In contemporary Vietnamese, "xin về hưu" is always used to mean "to request retirement."
• It is important to recognize this word in historical texts but not to use it in modern speech or writing.

1. (cũ) Ask to retire from office