hiện dịch
Definition
- Adjective:
- Currently in active service: Describes a person, especially in a military or official context, who is presently serving and performing duties. It indicates an active, ongoing status as opposed to being in reserve, retired, or discharged.
- On active duty: Specifically refers to military personnel who are currently mobilized and fulfilling their assigned roles.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh trai tôi đang là sĩ quan hiện dịch trong quân đội. (My older brother is an officer on active duty in the military.)
- Những binh lính hiện dịch được điều động đến vùng biên giới. (The soldiers currently in active service were deployed to the border region.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is formal and somewhat rare in everyday modern Vietnamese, more commonly found in official, legal, or historical documents related to military service or civil service.
Variants and Related Words
Tại ngũ (adj): in active military service; a more common synonym for "hiện dịch" in a military context.
- Anh ấy vẫn còn tại ngũ. (He is still in active military service.)
Dự bị (adj): reserve; describing personnel not currently in active service but available for call-up.
- Sau thời gian hiện dịch, anh ấy chuyển sang lực lượng dự bị. (After his period of active duty, he transferred to the reserve force.)
Synonyms
- On active duty: Serving full-time in a military capacity.
- In active service: Currently employed and performing duties in an official or military role.
Notes on Usage
- The term "hiện dịch" is considered formal and is not commonly used in casual conversation. The more typical phrase for "active duty" in contemporary Vietnamese is "tại ngũ" for military contexts or "đang công tác" (currently working) for general official duty.
- It primarily carries a connotation of official, often state-mandated, service.