Definition

1. Noun:

   • Salary; pay; wages: Money paid regularly by an employer to an employee, typically on a monthly basis, for work or services rendered.
   • Provisions; food supplies: A store of food, historically for an army or group.
   • A type of thin, gauzy silk fabric: A fine, sheer fabric woven from silk threads.

2. Noun (historical/social context):

   • Non-Catholic: A term used to refer to a person who does not follow the Catholic faith, often in the context of discussing relationships between communities (lương giáo).

Usage Examples

• Noun (Salary):
  • Lương tháng của tôi được chuyển khoản. (My monthly salary is transferred to my bank account.)
  • Công ty phát lương vào ngày mùng năm. (The company pays wages on the fifth of the month.)
• Noun (Provisions):
  • Đoàn quân phải bảo vệ kho lương. (The army had to protect the food supply depot.)
• Noun (Fabric):
  • Chiếc áo dài may bằng lương rất mát. (The áo dài made from gauzy silk is very cool.)

Advanced Usage

• "lương hưu" / "lương hưu trí": Retirement pension.
  • Ông ấy sống bằng lương hưu. (He lives on his retirement pension.)
• "lương tâm": Conscience (a fixed compound; note: this is a distinct word from the salary meaning).
  • Anh ta hành động theo lương tâm. (He acted according to his conscience.)
• "lương giáo": Refers to the relationship between non-Catholics () and Catholics ().
  • Chính sách đề cao đoàn kết lương giáo. (The policy promotes solidarity between non-Catholics and Catholics.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lương tháng (n): Monthly salary.
• Lương cơ bản (n): Basic salary.
• Tiền lương (n): A common synonym for wages or pay.
• Khởi điểm lương (n): Starting salary.

Synonyms

• Salary: Fixed regular payment, typically monthly.
• Wages: Payment for labor, often calculated by hour or day.
• Pay: General term for payment for work.
• Stipend: A fixed regular sum paid as a salary or allowance.
• Provisions: Supplies of food.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Ăn lương: To be a salaried employee; to work for a wage.
  • Anh ấy làm việc ở công ty và ăn lương đều đặn. (He works at the company and receives a regular salary.)
• Chạy lương: (Colloquial) To urgently seek or follow up on getting one's salary paid.
  • Cuối tháng là lại phải chạy lương. (At the end of the month, I have to chase my pay again.)

noun

1. salary; pay; wage
   • lương hưu trí
     retiring pension