thất phẩm
Definition
- Noun:
- Seventh rank: The seventh grade or level in the traditional Vietnamese feudal mandarinal hierarchy.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông ta được phong tước thất phẩm. (He was conferred the title of seventh-rank mandarin.)
- Chức quan thất phẩm có địa vị khá thấp trong hệ thống. (The seventh-rank official position held a rather low status in the system.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily historical and used in contexts discussing pre-modern Vietnamese administration, history, or literature.
Variants and Related Words
- Cửu phẩm (n): ninth rank (the lowest rank).
- Nhất phẩm (n): first rank (the highest rank).
- Quan chế (n): mandarinal system.
Synonyms
- Seventh-grade mandarin.
- Seventh-rank official.
Related Idioms
- : A minor clerk of the seventh rank; often used to denote a low-level bureaucrat.
- Nhân vật trong truyện chỉ là một thất phẩm tiểu lại. (The character in the story is merely a seventh-rank petty clerk.)