hiệu đoàn
Definition
- Noun:
- Student body / Student collective: Refers to the entire group of students belonging to a specific school or educational institution, considered as a single community or collective entity.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Hiệu đoàn trường đã tổ chức một buổi gây quỹ từ thiện. (The school's student body organized a charity fundraiser.)
- Mọi thành viên trong hiệu đoàn đều có quyền bầu cử. (Every member of the student collective has the right to vote.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is formal and somewhat literary, often found in official or traditional contexts related to school administration, governance, or collective activities. It emphasizes the unity and organized nature of the student population.
Variants and Related Words
- Đoàn trường (n): School's Youth Union branch. This is a more common and specific term for the official Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union organization within a school.
- Học sinh toàn trường (n): All the students of the school. This is a descriptive phrase rather than a formal noun.
Synonyms
- Student body: The group of students enrolled at a school.
- Student collective: The students considered as a unified group.
- Student community: The students forming a social unit within the school.
Notes
- "Hiệu đoàn" is an older, formal term. In modern, everyday Vietnamese, phrases like "toàn thể học sinh" (all students) or the specific organizational name "Đoàn trường" are more frequently used.
- The concept focuses on the students as an organized entity, often in contexts involving representation, collective action, or official school functions.