Definition

1. Noun:
   • Mandarins' ranks: The hierarchical system of official ranks and grades within the traditional Vietnamese imperial bureaucracy.
   • Official hierarchy: The structured order of positions and titles among mandarins (government officials) in feudal Vietnam.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hệ thống phẩm trật thời phong kiến rất phức tạp. (The system of mandarins' ranks in the feudal period was very complex.)
  • Ông ấy nghiên cứu về phẩm trật của các quan lại triều Nguyễn. (He researches the official hierarchy of mandarins in the Nguyen dynasty.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in historical, academic, or literary contexts to discuss pre-modern Vietnamese administration.
• It often implies a formal, codified system where rank determined an official's salary, responsibilities, and ceremonial privileges.

Variants and Related Words

• Phẩm vị (n): A synonym often used interchangeably with "phẩm trật," meaning rank or grade.
• Cấp bậc (n): A modern, general term for rank, grade, or level (e.g., in the military or an organization).
• Quan chức (n): Official, mandarin. Refers to the person holding a rank within the "phẩm trật."

Synonyms

• Thứ bậc: Hierarchy, order of rank.
• Địa vị: Position, status (broader, not specific to the mandarin system).

Notes on Meaning

• The term is marked as archaic (từ cũ). It is not used for modern government or corporate hierarchies.
• It specifically refers to the system of ranks itself, not to a single individual's personal rank. To specify a single rank, one would say "bậc phẩm trật" or use "phẩm hàm."

1. (từ cũ) Mandarins' ranks