Definition

1. Noun:
   • Palace; official residence: "Dinh" refers to a large, grand building that serves as the residence and/or workplace of a high-ranking official, such as a governor, or a head of state, especially in historical or former regimes.
   • Military camp (archaic): In a historical context, "dinh" could also refer to a garrison or military camp used during the feudal period.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Dinh Độc Lập là một di tích lịch sử quan trọng ở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. (Independence Palace is an important historical monument in Ho Chi Minh City.)
  • Vị tổng đốc sống và làm việc trong một dinh thự lớn. (The governor lived and worked in a large official residence.)
  • Quân lính tập trung tại dinh trại. (The soldiers gathered at the military camp.)

Advanced Usage

• "Dinh thự": A mansion or grand residence. This is a common compound word.

  • Khu này có nhiều dinh thự cổ rất đẹp. (This area has many beautiful old mansions.)

• "Dinh cơ": One's residence or base of operations (often used formally or in literature).

  • Ông ấy đã trở về dinh cơ của mình sau chuyến công du. (He returned to his residence after the business trip.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dinh tê (slang, abbreviated from "dinh tế"): To observe, to check out (someone or something). This is a slang usage.
  • Tối nay chúng ta đi dinh tê cái quán mới mở nhé. (Let's go check out the newly opened shop tonight.)

Synonyms

• Phủ: Mansion, official residence (often for high-ranking nobles or officials).
• Cung điện: Palace (typically larger and more associated with royalty).
• Trại: Camp (for the military meaning).

Related Phrases

• Vào dinh ra trấn: An idiom describing the busy, authoritative life of a high-ranking official who moves between their residence ("dinh") and their administrative post ("trấn").
  • Cuộc sống của một quan lớn ngày xưa là cảnh "vào dinh ra trấn". (The life of a high-ranking mandarin in the past was a scene of "shuttling between the residence and the office".)

noun

1. palace; official residence