nguyên thuỷ
Definition
Adjective:
- Primitive / Original: Describes something belonging to the earliest time in history or the beginning stage of something. It often refers to the earliest humans, societies, or the initial, undeveloped state of things.
- Virgin / Primeval: Describes a natural environment, like a forest, that is in its original, untouched, and uncultivated state.
Noun:
- The primitive era / The origin: Refers to the earliest period in the history of something, such as human civilization or the Earth.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- Con người nguyên thuỷ sống trong hang động. (Primitive humans lived in caves.)
- Họ muốn bảo tồn khu rừng nguyên thuỷ này. (They want to preserve this primeval forest.)
- Đây là trạng thái nguyên thuỷ của cỗ máy. (This is the original state of the machine.)
Noun:
- Nghệ thuật từ thời nguyên thuỷ rất giản đơn. (Art from the primitive era is very simple.)
Advanced Usage
"Tính nguyên thuỷ": Primitiveness; the quality of being original, basic, or undeveloped.
- Tính nguyên thuỷ của bức tranh gây ấn tượng mạnh. (The primitiveness of the painting made a strong impression.)
Used in academic contexts like history, anthropology, and ecology to describe original states or conditions.
Variants and Related Words
Nguyên thuỷ tính (n): Primitivism (in art).
- Nguyên thuỷ tính là một trào lưu nghệ thuật. (Primitivism is an art movement.)
Thuở nguyên thuỷ (n): In primordial/primeval times.
- Thuở nguyên thuỷ, Trái Đất rất khác. (In primeval times, Earth was very different.)
Synonyms
- Primitive: Relating to the earliest age or period.
- Primeval: Of the earliest ages of the world.
- Original: Existing from the beginning.
- Virgin (for land/forest): In its original natural state.
Related Concepts
- Xã hội nguyên thuỷ: Primitive society.
- Rừng nguyên sinh: Primary forest (closely related to "rừng nguyên thuỷ").