Definition

Verb (archaic, formal): - To explain or make something clear to the public; to announce or proclaim an official order or policy for public understanding. This term was historically used in the context of mandarins or officials instructing the populace.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quan lại đã hiểu dụ dân chúng về luật lệ mới. (The mandarins made clear the new laws to the people.)
  • Tờ hiểu dụ của triều đình được niêm yết tại các nơi công cộng. (The court's proclamation was posted in public places.)

Advanced Usage

• The term 'hiểu dụ' is considered archaic and is primarily found in historical texts or when discussing pre-modern Vietnamese administration. It implies a top-down, formal communication from authorities to subjects.
• It can function similarly to a noun in phrases like "tờ hiểu dụ" (the proclamation document).

Variants and Related Words

• Hiểu thị (verb, archaic): A synonym with the same meaning—to instruct or notify the public officially.
• Công bố (verb): To announce or declare publicly (modern equivalent).
• Ban bố (verb): To promulgate (laws, decrees).
• Tuyên cáo (verb): To proclaim or declare.

Synonyms

• Giải thích cho dân chúng: To explain to the people.
• Công bố: To announce publicly.
• Phổ biến: To disseminate.

Notes on Meaning

This word carries a specific historical and formal nuance. It does not mean general "understanding" (which is "hiểu biết"). Its core meaning is the act of causing the public to understand an official matter through explanation or proclamation.

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) (cũng nói hiểu thị) Make clear something to
   • the people (nói về quan lại)