Definition

1. Noun:
   • Driver, Chauffeur: A person whose occupation is to drive a vehicle, such as a car, taxi, truck, or train. The term is neutral and professional.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tài xế taxi rất thân thiện. (The taxi driver was very friendly.)
  • Công ty thuê một tài xế riêng cho giám đốc. (The company hired a private chauffeur for the director.)
  • Tất cả tài xế đều phải tuân thủ luật giao thông. (All drivers must obey traffic laws.)

Advanced Usage

• The word can be used in formal and informal contexts to refer to any professional driver. It does not inherently imply luxury (like "chauffeur" sometimes does in English) unless specified by context.

Variants and Related Words

• Lái xe (n): Driver. This is a more common, everyday synonym for tài xế.

  • Anh ấy là lái xe buýt. (He is a bus driver.)

• Người lái xe (n phr): Driver (literally "person who drives a vehicle").

  • Người lái xe tải đã kiểm tra động cơ. (The truck driver checked the engine.)

Synonyms

• Driver: The general term for a person who operates a vehicle.
• Chauffeur: A person employed to drive a private or rented automobile.

Related Idioms

• Lái xe như tài xế tàu hoả: To drive very fast and recklessly (literally "to drive like a train driver").
  • Anh ta lái xe như tài xế tàu hoả, thật nguy hiểm. (He drives like a train driver, it's really dangerous.)

noun

1. driver, chauffeur