Definition

1. Verb:
   • To request retirement, to ask to be pensioned off: "cáo hưu" is an archaic term meaning to formally petition or request permission to retire from official service or duty and receive a pension.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Sau bốn mươi năm phục vụ, ông ấy đã cáo hưu. (After forty years of service, he requested to retire.)
  • Vị quan già muốn cáo hưu về quê sống những ngày tháng an nhàn. (The old mandarin wanted to retire to his homeland to live a leisurely life.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "cáo hưu" is considered literary and archaic. It is most commonly found in historical texts, classical literature, or when referring to retirement in pre-modern contexts (e.g., of mandarins, officials). In modern Vietnamese, the phrase "xin nghỉ hưu" or the verb "về hưu" are used.

Variants and Related Words

• Về hưu (verb): to retire. This is the standard modern term.
  • Bà tôi đã về hưu được năm năm. (My grandmother retired five years ago.)
• Hưu trí (noun): retirement.
  • Chế độ hưu trí (retirement policy)
• Xin nghỉ hưu (verb phrase): to request retirement. The modern equivalent of "cáo hưu".

Synonyms

• Xin nghỉ hưu: to request retirement.
• Về hưu: to retire.

Related Phrases

• Làm đơn xin cáo hưu: to submit a retirement request letter. (Archatic/formal)
  • Ông đã làm đơn xin cáo hưu gửi lên triều đình. (He submitted a retirement request letter to the royal court.)

1. (cũ) Ask to retire on a pension