lương hướng
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Definition
- Noun:
- Salary, pay, wages: "Lương hướng" refers to a regular payment, typically monthly, made by an employer to an employee for their work. This term is now considered old-fashioned or literary in modern Vietnamese.
Usage
- Note on Usage: "Lương hướng" is an archaic or literary term. In contemporary spoken Vietnamese, "lương" or "lương bổng" are more commonly used to mean "salary." "Lương hướng" may be encountered in historical texts, formal writing, or used for stylistic effect to evoke an older time period.
- It functions as a standard noun and can be modified by adjectives.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông ấy nhận lương hướng vào cuối mỗi tháng. (He receives his salary at the end of each month.)
- Lương hướng của công chức thời đó rất thấp. (The salary of public servants at that time was very low.)
- Anh ta phàn nàn về khoản lương hướng ít ỏi. (He complained about the meager salary.)
Advanced Usage / Set Phrases
- Lương hướng ít ỏi: A meager/modest salary.
- Dù lương hướng ít ỏi, ông vẫn làm việc tận tụy. (Despite the meager salary, he still worked diligently.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lương (n): The standard, modern word for salary, wages, or pay.
- Lương tháng này đã được chuyển khoản. (This month's salary has been transferred.)
- Lương bổng (n): A slightly more formal term for salary and benefits.
- Công ty có chế độ lương bổng khá cạnh tranh. (The company has a quite competitive salary and benefits scheme.)
- Tiền lương (n): Another common term emphasizing the monetary aspect of wages.
- Tiền lương tối thiểu vừa được điều chỉnh. (The minimum wage has just been adjusted.)
Synonyms
- Tiền công: Wages, pay (often for manual or daily work).
- Thù lao: Remuneration, payment for services.
- Tiền lương: Salary, wages.
Notes
- There are no specific idioms or phrasal verbs directly formed with the isolated word "lương hướng" due to its archaic nature. Modern expressions about salary use the word "lương" (e.g., - to get a raise, - 13th-month salary).
- (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ, khẩu ngữ) như lương bổng