Definition

1. Noun:
   • Property, estate: The entirety of valuable assets, possessions, or capital that a person or family owns, often accumulated over time and used for livelihood, business, or as an inheritance.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy đã gây dựng một sản nghiệp lớn từ hai bàn tay trắng. (He built a large estate from nothing.)
  • Sản nghiệp của cha mẹ để lại được các con chia đều. (The property left by the parents was divided equally among the children.)
  • Anh ấy quản lý sản nghiệp kinh doanh của gia đình. (He manages the family business estate.)

Advanced Usage

• The term sản nghiệp often implies a substantial, established collection of assets, not just a single item. It carries a connotation of legacy and something built or passed down through generations.
• It is frequently used in legal, business, or formal contexts concerning inheritance, legacy, and substantial wealth.

Variants and Related Words

• Tài sản (n): A more general and common term for assets, property, or belongings of any scale.
• Gia tài (n): Fortune, inheritance; often used interchangeably with but can feel slightly more colloquial.
• Di sản (n): Heritage, legacy; often used for both material and cultural inheritance.

Synonyms

• Estate: A large piece of land or the total possessions of someone, especially at death.
• Assets: Items of ownership that have value.
• Fortune: A large amount of money or assets.
• Holdings: Property, such as land or stocks, that is owned.

Related Idioms

• Gây dựng cơ nghiệp/sản nghiệp: To build an estate/career from the ground up.
  • Cụ ông ấy đã dành cả đời để gây dựng sản nghiệp. (That old man spent his whole life building his estate.)
• Kế thừa sản nghiệp: To inherit an estate.
  • Người con trai cả sẽ kế thừa sản nghiệp. (The eldest son will inherit the estate.)

noun

1. property, estate