Definition

Noun: * Housework, domestic work: Refers to the daily tasks and chores involved in running a household, such as cooking, cleaning, and managing the home. * Homemaker, housewife/househusband: Refers to a person (traditionally, but not exclusively, a wife) whose primary occupation is managing the household and performing domestic duties.

Usage Examples

• Noun (referring to the work):
  • Cô ấy dành cả ngày cho công việc nội trợ. (She spends the whole day on housework.)
  • Công việc nội trợ đòi hỏi sự kiên nhẫn và tỉ mỉ. (Domestic work requires patience and meticulousness.)
• Noun (referring to the person):
  • Mẹ tôi là một người nội trợ đảm đang. (My mother is a capable homemaker.)
  • Anh ấy quyết định ở nhà làm nội trợ để chăm sóc con. (He decided to stay home to be a househusband and take care of the children.)

Advanced Usage

• "trụ cột nội trợ": This phrase emphasizes the person as the mainstay or pillar of the household's domestic management.
  • Người phụ nữ ấy là trụ cột nội trợ của cả gia đình. (That woman is the domestic pillar of the entire family.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nội trợ (động từ - less common): To do housework, to manage household affairs.
  • Bà ấy nội trợ rất giỏi. (She is very good at managing the household.)
• Công việc nhà: A more general and common synonym for "housework" or "chores".
• Quán xuyến (việc nhà): To take charge of, to manage (household affairs), implying organization and responsibility.

Synonyms

• Việc nhà: Housework, chores.
• Công việc gia đình: Family work, domestic duties.
• Người quán xuyến gia đình: The person who manages the family/household.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• "Đảm việc nước, giỏi việc nhà": A traditional saying praising women who are both capable in public duties (việc nước) and skilled in domestic duties (việc nhà). It translates to "Capable in national affairs, skilled in household affairs."

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