Definition

1. Verb:
   • To hold concurrently, to serve additionally: "kiêm" indicates taking on an additional role, duty, or position alongside one's primary one. It describes the act of cumulating functions.
   • To combine roles: It can also imply that one person performs multiple combined functions or holds multiple titles.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông ấy là giám đốc kiêm kế toán trưởng. (He is the director concurrently serving as the chief accountant.)
  • Cô ấy kiêm nhiều việc trong công ty nhỏ. (She holds multiple jobs concurrently in the small company.)
  • Chức vụ thư ký kiêm thủ quỹ thường do một người đảm nhận. (The position of secretary combined with treasurer is often held by one person.)

Advanced Usage

• "kiêm nhiệm": to hold a concurrent appointment; to serve in an additional capacity.
  • Giáo sư kiêm nhiệm công tác quản lý khoa. (The professor concurrently holds a managerial position in the faculty.)
• "kiêm chức": to hold an additional post.
• "kiêm quản": to concurrently manage or oversee.

Variants and Related Words

• Kiêm nhiệm (verb): to hold a concurrent post. (A common compound where "kiêm" is the root).
• Kiêm chức (verb): to hold an additional office.
• Kiêm lĩnh (verb, less common): to concurrently hold and receive benefits from a position.

Synonyms

• Đảm nhiệm thêm: to take on additionally.
• Kiêm nhiều chức vụ: to hold multiple positions (a phrase, not a single-word synonym).
• Cumuler (French): to cumulate, to hold concurrently.

Related Phrases

• "vừa A vừa B": to be both A and B (a descriptive phrase with a similar meaning of combining roles, but not a phrasal verb of "kiêm").
  • Anh ấy vừa là tài xế vừa là hướng dẫn viên. (He is both the driver and the tour guide.)

Notes on Meaning

• The word "kiêm" is almost exclusively used in formal or official contexts related to jobs, titles, duties, and responsibilities. It is not used for casual combinations of activities.
• It inherently implies an addition to a primary role. The primary role is often stated first, followed by "kiêm" and the additional role(s).

verb

1. to hold
   • kiêm nhiều chức vụ
     to hold a plurity of offices