Definition

1. Noun:
   • Household affairs, household chores: "Gia chính" refers to the management and daily tasks involved in running a home.
   • Domestic arts: It can also refer to the skills and knowledge related to managing a household.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy rất giỏi việc gia chính. (She is very skilled in household affairs.)
  • Ông ấy phụ trách gia chính trong gia đình. (He is in charge of the household chores in the family.)

Advanced Usage

• "lo gia chính": to manage household affairs.

  • Người phụ nữ trong gia đình thường lo gia chính. (The woman in the family often manages the household affairs.)

• "tề gia chính": to properly manage the household (a more formal or classical phrase).

  • Muốn trị quốc trước hết phải biết tề gia chính. (To govern a country, one must first know how to properly manage the household.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gia chánh (n): A variant pronunciation and spelling with the same meaning as "gia chính".

  • Tiệm bán đồ gia chánh. (A shop selling household goods.)

• Gia đình (n): Family.

  • Hạnh phúc gia đình. (Family happiness.)

• Nội trợ (n): Homemaker, housework.

  • Cô ấy là một người nội trợ đảm đang. (She is a capable homemaker.)

Synonyms

• Việc nhà: Housework, chores.
• Công việc nội trợ: Domestic work.

Related Phrases

• "công, dung, ngôn, hạnh": A Confucian concept for women, often associated with skills in "gia chính", encompassing work, appearance, speech, and behavior.
  • Người phụ nữ xưa được giáo dục theo chuẩn mực "công, dung, ngôn, hạnh", trong đó "công" bao gồm cả tài gia chính. (Women in the past were educated according to the standards of "work, appearance, speech, and behavior", where "work" included skills in household management.)

1. (cũng nói gia chánh) Household affairs, household chores; domestic arts