Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Primitive: Relating to the earliest, original, or initial stage in the development of something, such as human society, life forms, or conditions. It describes a simple, undeveloped, or original state.
   • Primeval / Primordial: Pertaining to the earliest ages of the world or the universe; existing from the beginning.

2. Noun (less common):

   • The beginning / The origin: The initial point or source from which something develops.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Các nhà khoa học nghiên cứu rừng nguyên thủy. (Scientists study primeval forests.)
  • Xã hội nguyên thủy dựa trên săn bắn và hái lượm. (Primitive society was based on hunting and gathering.)
  • Đó là một niềm tin có từ thời nguyên thủy. (That is a belief from primordial times.)

Advanced Usage

• In academic contexts like anthropology, history, or biology, "nguyên thủy" is a formal term to describe early developmental stages.
  • Nghệ thuật nguyên thủy thường có trên các bức tường hang động. (Primitive art is often found on cave walls.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thời nguyên thủy (n): The primitive age; the primeval era.

  • Con người thời nguyên thủy sống trong hang động. (Humans in the primitive age lived in caves.)

• Tính nguyên thủy (n): Primitiveness; the quality of being primitive or original.

  • Họ muốn bảo tồn tính nguyên thủy của khu rừng. (They want to preserve the primitiveness of the forest.)

Synonyms

• Primitive: Early, simple, undeveloped.
• Primeval: Of the earliest age, ancient.
• Primordial: Existing at or from the beginning.
• Original: First, initial.

Related Idioms

• While "nguyên thủy" itself is not commonly used in idioms, it appears in set phrases describing ancient or original states.
  • Trạng thái nguyên thủy: The primitive/original state.

    • Mọi thứ đã trở về trạng thái nguyên thủy. (Everything has returned to its primitive state.)

1. Primitive
   • Bộ lạc nguyên thủy
     Primitive tribes