Definition

1. Noun:
   • Prisoner; convict; inmate: A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence in a prison or penal institution. The term carries a formal and somewhat historical or literary tone, often referring to prisoners as a collective group.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nhà tù đó giam giữ hàng trăm tù đồ. (That prison holds hundreds of convicts.)
  • Số phận của những tù đồ thật đáng thương. (The fate of the prisoners is truly pitiful.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "tù đồ" is often used in formal, historical, or literary contexts rather than in everyday conversation. It can imply a sense of a condemned mass or group.

Variants and Related Words

• Tù nhân (n): Prisoner, inmate. This is a more common and neutral contemporary term.

  • Các tù nhân được phép gặp gia đình. (The inmates are allowed to meet their families.)

• Phạm nhân (n): Offender, convict. A formal term focusing on the person who committed the crime.

  • Phạm nhân đã thú nhận tội ác. (The offender confessed to the crime.)

Synonyms

• Convict: A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a prison sentence.
• Inmate: A person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital.
• Detainee: A person held in custody, especially for political reasons.

Related Idioms

• While "tù đồ" itself is not commonly used in idioms, it relates to themes of crime and punishment. A related concept is:
• Đầu trâu mặt ngựa: (Literally: buffalo heads, horse faces) A derogatory idiom for hooligans or ruffians, sometimes overlapping with the criminal element from which "tù đồ" might come.
  • Bọn đầu trâu mặt ngựa đó giờ đã thành tù đồ cả. (Those hooligans have all become convicts now.)