ký giả
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Definition
Noun: - Reporter; journalist; pressman: A person whose job is to collect, write, or edit news stories for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio. The term is somewhat formal and traditional in Vietnamese.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nhiều ký giả đã có mặt tại hiện trường vụ tai nạn. (Many reporters were present at the accident scene.)
- Ông ấy là một ký giả kỳ cựu của tờ báo này. (He is a veteran journalist for this newspaper.)
- Công việc của một ký giả đôi khi rất nguy hiểm. (A reporter's job is sometimes very dangerous.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "ký giả" is a Sino-Vietnamese word (記者) and carries a formal, sometimes slightly literary tone. In modern, everyday contexts, words like "phóng viên" (correspondent/reporter) or "nhà báo" (journalist) are more commonly used.
- It can be used in compound titles, though these are considered separate terms:
- Ký giả thể thao: Sports reporter/journalist.
- Ký giả chiến trường: War correspondent.
Variants and Related Words
- Phóng viên (n): Correspondent, reporter. This is the most common modern term for a news reporter.
- Nhà báo (n): Journalist. A broader term for a person working in journalism.
- Phóng sự (n): Reportage, feature story. The type of writing often produced by a .
- Ký sự (n): Chronicle, memoir. A related literary genre.
Synonyms
- Phóng viên: Correspondent, reporter.
- Nhà báo: Journalist.
- Người viết báo: Newspaper writer (literal).
Notes on Meaning
- While the core meaning is "journalist/reporter," the term "ký giả" historically and specifically emphasizes the act of and (ký: to record, giả: person). It strongly implies a writer for the press.
- Its second, less common meaning from traditional Vietnamese dictionaries is "a person who writes chronicles or memoirs" (người viết ký sự).
noun
- reporter; pressman; journalist