nhà việc
Definition
- Noun:
- Administrative office (of a village): A building or place serving as the local administrative headquarters for a village, typically where official communal business, paperwork, and meetings are conducted.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Các giấy tờ quan trọng được lưu giữ tại nhà việc. (Important documents are kept at the village administrative office.)
- Mọi người tập trung ở nhà việc để nghe thông báo của xã. (People gathered at the village office to hear the commune's announcement.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "nhà việc" is identified as dialectal and is historically specific, primarily referring to the traditional administrative structure of a Vietnamese village. Its usage in contemporary language may be limited or found in historical or regional contexts.
Variants and Related Words
Ủy ban nhân dân xã (n): People's Committee of the commune; the modern standard term for the local administrative authority and its building.
- Ủy ban nhân dân xã nằm ở trung tâm làng. (The commune's People's Committee is located in the center of the village.)
Trụ sở ủy ban (n): Committee headquarters; a general term for an administrative office building.
- Văn phòng (n): Office; a general term for any office space.
Synonyms
- Village office: The administrative center of a village.
- Communal house (in an administrative sense): A building for communal governance (note: distinct from "đình", which is a communal house for rituals).
Notes on Usage
- "Nhà việc" is an older, dialectal term. In modern Vietnamese, the functions and the building it describes are more commonly referred to by terms like "Ủy ban nhân dân" (People's Committee) or simply "trụ sở xã" (commune headquarters). It carries a specific cultural and historical connotation of traditional village administration.