thù lao
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
Noun:
- Pay, remuneration, compensation: Money or payment given in return for work or services performed.
- Fee, honorarium: A payment made to a professional person (like a lawyer, consultant, or doctor) for their services.
Verb (less common):
- To remunerate, to compensate, to pay: To give someone money or a reward for work or services.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Công ty đã trả thù lao xứng đáng cho nhân viên. (The company paid its employees fair compensation.)
- Thù lao cho luật sư sẽ được thanh toán vào cuối vụ án. (The lawyer's fee will be paid at the end of the case.)
- Verb:
- Chúng tôi sẽ thù lao anh một khoản hợp lý cho công việc này. (We will remunerate you a reasonable amount for this job.)
Advanced Usage
- "Tiền thù lao": This phrase explicitly means "payment" or "remuneration money," emphasizing the monetary aspect.
- Tiền thù lao cho dự án đã được chuyển khoản. (The project payment has been transferred.)
- The verb form is more formal and less frequently used in everyday conversation than the noun. The noun form is standard.
Variants and Related Words
- Lương (n): Salary, wage (typically regular payment for employment).
- Tiền công (n): Wages (often for manual or daily labor).
- Phí (n): Fee, charge (for a service, can be more general than ).
- Đền bù (v): To compensate (often for a loss or damage, not specifically for work).
Synonyms
- Remuneration: Payment for work or services.
- Compensation: Something, typically money, awarded in recognition of effort or loss.
- Fee: A payment made to a professional for advice or services.
Related Idioms
- Ăn thù lao: To receive payment (for a service). This is a neutral descriptive phrase, not an idiom with figurative meaning.
- Các chuyên gia tư vấn đều ăn thù lao cao. (The consulting experts all receive high fees.)
noun
- reward, pay, compensation
verb
- to reward, to pay