thừa phái
Definition
- Noun:
- Clerk / Secretary: A historical term for a clerk or secretary working in the offices of district-level mandarins or in ministerial bureaus during the feudal and French colonial administrative systems in Vietnam.
- Administrative Officer: A minor official responsible for clerical and administrative duties within the traditional Vietnamese bureaucracy.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông nội tôi từng làm thừa phái ở một công đường tỉnh. (My grandfather once worked as a clerk in a provincial office.)
- Chức vụ thừa phái chịu trách nhiệm về giấy tờ, sổ sách. (The position of thừa phái was responsible for documents and ledgers.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in historical or literary contexts to describe pre-modern Vietnamese administrative roles. It is considered an archaic term.
Variants and Related Words
- Thư lại: A synonym for a clerk or scribe in historical contexts.
- Thư lại và thừa phái đều là những chức vụ hành chính cấp thấp. (Both thư lại and thừa phái were low-level administrative positions.)
Synonyms
- Clerk: A person employed to keep records or accounts.
- Secretary: A person employed to handle correspondence and routine administrative work.
- Scribe: A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
Related Idioms