Definition

1. Verb:
   • To present a petition; to formally request or appeal: "thỉnh nguyện" means to respectfully explain one's wishes, desires, or requests to a person of higher authority or status.
   • To submit a formal plea or supplication: It refers to the act of formally stating a request or aspiration, often in a written document.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Các thương gia đã cùng nhau thỉnh nguyện nhà vua giảm thuế. (The merchants collectively petitioned the king to reduce taxes.)
  • Ông ấy viết đơn thỉnh nguyện gửi lên quan phủ. (He wrote a petition to submit to the mandarin's office.)

Advanced Usage

• "đơn thỉnh nguyện": a petition (document).
  • Họ đã ký tên vào đơn thỉnh nguyện. (They signed the petition.)
• "thỉnh nguyện thư": a letter of petition.
  • Thỉnh nguyện thư đã được gửi đến chính quyền. (The letter of petition was sent to the authorities.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thỉnh (verb): to request, to ask for (often respectfully).
  • thỉnh giáo: to ask for advice/instruction.
• Nguyện (verb/noun): to vow, to wish; a vow, a wish.
  • nguyện vọng: aspiration, desire.
• Kiến nghị (verb/noun): to propose, to recommend; a proposal, a recommendation (more modern and common than "thỉnh nguyện").
  • kiến nghị lên cấp trên: to propose to superiors.

Synonyms

• Cầu xin: to beg, to plead (implies stronger desperation).
• Đề đạt: to present, to submit (an idea, request - formal).
• Khẩn khoản: to earnestly entreat, to beseech.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Làm đơn thỉnh nguyện: to draft/write a petition.
  • Dân làng làm đơn thỉnh nguyện xây lại cây cầu. (The villagers drafted a petition to rebuild the bridge.)

Related Idioms

• "Thỉnh nguyện như văn tế": (Literally: To petition like a funeral oration). This idiom humorously or critically describes a petition that is overly long, elaborate, or mournful in tone.
  • Đơn của anh ta dài thỉnh nguyện như văn tế, chẳng ai muốn đọc. (His petition is as long as a funeral oration; no one wants to read it.)

verb

1. to explain one's wishes to