nhiều bên
Definition
- Adjective:
- Multilateral; involving multiple parties or sides: Describes an agreement, treaty, action, or situation that includes or affects several distinct parties, nations, or groups.
- Many-sided: Can describe a situation or conflict with numerous involved factions.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đây là một cuộc đàm phán nhiều bên. (This is a multilateral negotiation.)
- Xung đột có nguy cơ trở thành nhiều bên. (The conflict risks becoming multi-sided.)
- Hiệp định thương mại nhiều bên đó đã được ký kết. (That multilateral trade agreement was signed.)
Advanced Usage
- Used in formal, diplomatic, legal, and business contexts to describe frameworks involving three or more participants.
- Often contrasts with "song phương" (bilateral) and "đơn phương" (unilateral).
Variants and Related Words
- Đa phương (adj): A more formal synonym for "multilateral," often used interchangeably in diplomatic language.
- Đa bên (adj): A less common variant with the same meaning as "nhiều bên."
Synonyms
- Multilateral: Involving several parties, especially nations.
- Multi-party: Involving multiple political or negotiating parties.
- Plurilateral: Involving several, but not necessarily all, parties within a larger group (a specific type of multilateral agreement).
Related Terms and Phrases
- Hiệp ước nhiều bên / Hiệp định nhiều bên: Multilateral treaty/agreement.
- Việt Nam tham gia nhiều hiệp ước nhiều bên về môi trường. (Vietnam participates in many multilateral treaties on the environment.)
- Quan hệ nhiều bên: Multilateral relations.
- Cuộc chiến nhiều bên: A multi-sided war.