Definition

1. Noun:
   • Cultivator, Agriculturist: A person whose occupation, livelihood, and way of life is centered on farming, particularly cultivating crops and raising livestock. The term carries a classical or somewhat literary tone.
   • Farmer: Specifically refers to a person engaged in agricultural labor, often working on a farm or rice field.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy là một nông gia chân chính. (He is a genuine cultivator.)
  • Nhiều nông gia trong vùng đang chuyển sang trồng cây ăn quả. (Many agriculturists in the region are switching to growing fruit trees.)
  • "Cấy cày vốn nghiệp nông gia." (Translated as: Planting and plowing are the inherent work of the farmer. - from a proverb.)

Advanced Usage

• The term nông gia is considered somewhat archaic or classical in modern Vietnamese. It evokes a traditional, often idealized image of farming as a lifelong vocation or heritage, unlike the more common and neutral contemporary term nông dân.
• It can be used in formal, literary, or historical contexts to describe the farming class or individuals dedicated to agriculture.

Variants and Related Words

• Nông dân (n): Farmer, peasant. This is the standard, modern term for a farmer.
• Nhà nông (n): A person in agriculture; a more general term for someone involved in farming.
• Nông nghiệp (n): Agriculture.
• Canh tác (v): To cultivate, to farm.

Synonyms

• Farmer: A person who owns or manages a farm.
• Agriculturist: A person who practices agriculture, often with a connotation of science or expertise.
• Cultivator: One who prepares and uses land for crops.
• Planter: One who cultivates plants, especially on a large scale.

Related Idioms

• Nghiệp nông gia: The vocation or destiny of a farming family. This phrase underscores farming as a traditional and inherited way of life.
  • Gia đình họ đã ba đời theo nghiệp nông gia. (Their family has followed the farming vocation for three generations.)

1. (cũ) Cultivator, agriculturist