người thợ
Definition
- Noun:
- A worker / An artisan: A person who performs skilled manual work, often using tools or machinery, and typically earns a wage or salary for their labor. This emphasizes the person's trade or craft.
- A laborer: A person engaged in physical work, often of a specific technical or industrial nature.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Người thợ sửa xe rất lành nghề. (The mechanic is very skilled.)
- Cần thuê người thợ để lắp đặt điều hòa. (We need to hire a worker to install the air conditioner.)
- Người thợ mộc đang đóng một cái bàn. (The carpenter is building a table.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "người thợ" can be combined with a specific trade to form compound nouns. In such cases, "thợ" alone often suffices.
- Anh ấy là thợ điện. (He is an electrician.)
- Cô ấy là thợ may giỏi. (She is a good tailor.)
Variants and Related Words
Thợ (n): A common short form for "người thợ", meaning "worker" or "craftsman".
- Thợ xây đang làm việc trên công trường. (The construction workers are working on the site.)
Công nhân (n): Often refers to an industrial worker or laborer in a factory setting.
- Công nhân nhà máy. (Factory workers.)
Synonyms
- Worker: A person who does physical or industrial work.
- Artisan: A skilled manual worker who makes items by hand.
- Craftsman: A person skilled in a particular craft.
- Laborer: A person doing unskilled manual work.
Related Idioms
Thợ thuyền: A collective term for workers and craftsmen, often referring to the working class.
- Cuộc sống của tầng lớp thợ thuyền. (The life of the working class.)
Thợ lành nghề / thợ giỏi: A skilled/good craftsman.
- Tìm được thợ lành nghề rất khó. (It's very hard to find a skilled craftsman.)
Thợ vụng: An unskilled or clumsy worker.
- Đồ đạc hỏng hết vì thuê phải thợ vụng. (Everything is broken because we hired a clumsy worker.)