Definition

1. Verb:
   • To attribute a service or achievement to someone; to credit someone with a service or merit.
   • To formally acknowledge that a particular accomplishment or contribution rightfully belongs to a specific person or group.

Usage

• The verb quy công is used to formally and officially recognize someone's contribution or merit. It often implies an act of attribution by an authority or a collective.
• It is typically used in formal, administrative, or historical contexts, such as in official reports, ceremonies, or narratives about achievements.
• Structure: quy công cho ai (về việc gì) – to credit someone (for something).

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ban lãnh đạo đã quy công cho đội nghiên cứu về phát minh quan trọng này. (The leadership credited the research team with this important invention.)
  • Lịch sử nên quy công một cách chính xác cho những người đã hy sinh. (History should accurately attribute the credit to those who sacrificed.)
  • Không nên quy công cho một cá nhân mà đó là nỗ lực của cả tập thể. (We should not credit an individual; it was the effort of the whole collective.)

Advanced Usage

• "Việc quy công": The act of attributing credit.
  • Việc quy công phải được thực hiện công bằng và minh bạch. (The attribution of credit must be carried out fairly and transparently.)
• Used in passive constructions or nominalized forms to discuss the concept or result of attribution.
  • Công lao ấy đã được quy công đúng đắn. (That merit has been correctly attributed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Công nhận (verb): To recognize, to acknowledge. (Less specific than quy công; focuses on acceptance rather than formal attribution of credit.)
• Ghi công (verb): To record someone's merit/service, often on a list or in memory. (Emphasizes the act of recording the credit.)
• Tôn vinh (verb): To honor, to glorify. (Broader; includes public praise and celebration, not just attribution.)
• Danh từ: Sự quy công: The attribution of credit.

Synonyms

• Ghi nhận công lao: To acknowledge merit/service.
• Thuộc công về cho: To ascribe/attribute the credit to.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Quy công định tội": (A compound phrase) To assign credit and determine blame; to evaluate both achievements and faults.
  • Một nhà lãnh đạo giỏi phải biết quy công định tội rõ ràng. (A good leader must know how to clearly assign credit and determine blame.)
• While quy công itself is not typically part of many idioms, it is a key component in formal and evaluative contexts concerning merit.

1. Attribute a service (to somebody), credit (somebody) with a service