Definition

1. Noun:
   • Second Lieutenant: The lowest commissioned officer rank in the military, specifically within the officer corps, ranking below a first lieutenant (trung úy). It denotes the initial officer grade.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy vừa được phong cấp thiếu úy. (He was just promoted to second lieutenant.)
  • Thiếu úy là cấp bậc sĩ quan đầu tiên trong quân đội. (Second lieutenant is the first officer rank in the military.)

Advanced Usage

• "thăng cấp thiếu úy": to be promoted to second lieutenant.
  • Sau khi tốt nghiệp trường sĩ quan, anh ta được thăng cấp thiếu úy. (After graduating from the officer academy, he was promoted to second lieutenant.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trung úy (noun): First lieutenant. The officer rank immediately above thiếu úy.
• Đại úy (noun): Captain. The officer rank above trung úy.
• Sĩ quan (noun): Officer. The general term for commissioned officers.

Synonyms

• Sous-lieutenant (French loanword used historically in some contexts): The equivalent rank in the French military system, from which the Vietnamese rank structure was originally adapted.

Related Phrases

• Cấp bậc thiếu úy: The rank of second lieutenant.
  • Cấp bậc thiếu úy thường được trao cho các sĩ quan mới. (The rank of second lieutenant is usually awarded to new officers.)
• Phù hiệu thiếu úy: Second lieutenant insignia.
  • Phù hiệu thiếu úy thường có một ngôi sao. (The second lieutenant insignia typically has one star.)

noun

1. second lieutenant