Definition

1. Noun:

   • Academician: A scholar who is a member of an official academy of arts, sciences, or literature.
   • Academic Title (Historical): In the context of feudal Vietnam, a title or rank denoting a high-level scholar or mandarin within the imperial court's scholarly hierarchy.

2. Adjective:

   • Academic: Pertaining to formal, theoretical scholarship or learning from institutions like universities or academies. It can sometimes imply being highly theoretical, abstract, or detached from practical application.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy là một hàn lâm được kính trọng. (He is a respected academician.)
  • Chức hàn lâm thời xưa rất cao quý. (The academic title was very prestigious in ancient times.)
• Adjective:
  • Bài nghiên cứu này có văn phong quá hàn lâm. (This research paper has a very academic style.)
  • Đó là một cuộc tranh luận thuần túy hàn lâm. (That is a purely academic debate.)

Advanced Usage

• "Viện Hàn lâm": This is a fixed compound noun meaning "The Academy," referring to a national institution for the advancement of arts, sciences, and literature (e.g., - The Academy of Sciences).
  • Công trình của ông được Viện Hàn lâm công nhận. (His work was recognized by The Academy.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tính hàn lâm (n): Academicism; the quality of being academic.
  • Tính hàn lâm của tác phẩm khiến nó khó tiếp cận. (The academicism of the work makes it difficult to access.)
• Giới hàn lâm (n): The academic world; academia.
  • Phát hiện này gây chấn động giới hàn lâm. (This discovery shook the academic world.)

Synonyms

• Academician: scholar, savant.
• Academic (adj): scholarly, theoretical, erudite.

Related Idioms

• Mang tính hàn lâm: To have an academic character; to be academic in nature.
  • Bài giảng mang tính hàn lâm cao. (The lecture is highly academic in nature.)

1. Academic tile (mandarins's tile in the feudal regime).
2. (Viện hàn lâm) The Academy