Definition

1. Noun:
   • A fairy's page; a child attendant of immortals: In Chinese mythology, "kim đồng" refers to a young boy who serves and attends to fairies or immortals.
   • (Figurative) Child; children: By extension, "kim đồng" is used figuratively to mean a child or children in general.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong truyện thần thoại, kim đồng thường theo hầu các vị tiên ông. (In mythological stories, the fairy's page often attends to the immortals.)
  • Nhà xuất bản Kim Đồng chuyên in sách cho thiếu nhi. (Kim Dong Publishing House specializes in printing books for children.)

Advanced Usage

• "Sách kim đồng": This is a common compound phrase meaning "children's books". It directly uses the figurative meaning of "kim đồng" (children).
  • Tủ sách của bé có rất nhiều sách kim đồng. (The child's bookshelf has many children's books.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thiếu nhi (n): Children, juveniles. This is a more common and modern term for children.
• Nhi đồng (n): Young children, kids. Another term for children, often used in formal contexts like "lứa tuổi nhi đồng" (children's age group).
• Trẻ em (n): Children, kids. The most general and frequently used term.

Synonyms

• Trẻ con: Child, kid (common, slightly informal).
• Con trẻ: Children, offspring (slightly more formal or literary).

Related Phrases

• "Tuổi kim đồng": This phrase poetically refers to childhood.
  • Ông ấy vẫn nhớ như in những kỷ niệm tuổi kim đồng. (He still remembers his childhood memories vividly.)

Notes on Usage

• In modern Vietnamese, the primary and most active meaning of "kim đồng" is its figurative sense referring to children. It is widely recognized through the name of the major publishing house "Nhà xuất bản Kim Đồng".
• The original mythological meaning (fairy's page) is still understood but is less commonly used in everyday language and is primarily found in literary or historical contexts.

1. Fairy's page. child
   • Sách kim đồng
     Children's books