ngạch
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun:
- Threshold (of a door): A physical structure, often made of wood, brick, or stone, forming the bottom part of a doorway frame.
- Scale, Category, or Quota (in administrative, tax, or personnel systems): An officially established classification, rank, or fixed limit set by the state or an organization. It often refers to a system of grades, a personnel classification, or a tax bracket.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Threshold):
- Kẻ trộm đào ngạch vào nhà. (The thief dug under the threshold to enter the house.)
- Noun (Scale/Category):
- Ngạch thuế hải quan. (The customs duty scale.)
- Ngạch công chức. (The civil servant classification scale / personnel category.)
- Ngạch lương. (The salary scale.)
- Công chức chưa vào ngạch. (A civil servant not yet on the official register / not yet tenured.)
Advanced Usage
- "Vào ngạch": To be officially registered, tenured, or placed into a formal personnel category (especially for civil servants).
- Sau kỳ thi, anh ấy chính thức được vào ngạch công chức. (After the exam, he was officially entered into the civil service register.)
- "Ngoài ngạch" / "Chưa vào ngạch": Refers to personnel who are not (or not yet) part of the official, tenured classification system.
- Nhân viên hợp đồng thường là công chức ngoài ngạch. (Contract staff are usually non-tenured civil servants.)
Variants and Related Words
- Ngạch ngưỡng (n): A compound word meaning "threshold" (often metaphorical, e.g., a threshold level). This is a separate compound.
- Biên chế (n): Refers to the official staff establishment or payroll of an organization, closely related to the personnel aspect of "ngạch".
- Bậc (n): A step or grade within a scale or ladder (e.g., - salary step), often used within a "ngạch".
Synonyms
- Ngưỡng (n): Threshold (more common in modern usage for both physical and figurative thresholds).
- Hạng (n): Grade, class, category.
- Bảng (n): Table, scale (as in - salary table).
Related Phrases (Collocations)
- Định ngạch: To set a quota or limit.
- Chính phủ định ngạch xuất khẩu cho mặt hàng này. (The government sets an export quota for this product.)
- Trong ngạch: Within the official category/quota.
- Nhập khẩu trong ngạch được hưởng thuế suất ưu đãi. (Imports within the quota enjoy a preferential tax rate.)
Related Idioms
- "Đào ngạch khoét vách": Literally "to dig under the threshold and bore through the wall". This idiom means to be a burglar or to commit theft by breaking into a house.
- Bọn trộm chuyên đào ngạch khoét vách. (The thieves specialize in breaking and entering.)
- Threshold (of a door)
- Scale (of taxes...)
- Ngạch thuế hải quanA scale of custom duties
- Ngạch công chứcA scale of different ranks and grades of civil servants, a personnel classifacation scale
- Ngạch lươngA scale of salaries, a scale of wages