Definition

1. Noun:

   • Salary / Wages: Money paid regularly by an employer to an employee, especially for professional, clerical, or non-manual work, typically calculated on a monthly or annual basis.
   • Pay / Remuneration: Compensation received for work or services performed, often implying regular, fixed payment.

2. Noun (contextual):

   • Labor income: Money earned as a direct result of one's labor or employment, as opposed to other income sources.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tiền lương tháng này của tôi đã được chuyển khoản. (My salary for this month has been transferred.)
  • Công nhân nhà máy đang đòi tăng tiền lương. (The factory workers are demanding a wage increase.)
  • Anh ấy hài lòng với mức tiền lương và chế độ phúc lợi. (He is satisfied with the salary and benefits package.)

Advanced Usage

• "tiền lương cơ bản": base salary.

  • Tiền lương cơ bản của vị trí này là 10 triệu đồng. (The base salary for this position is 10 million VND.)

• "tiền lương tối thiểu": minimum wage.

  • Chính phủ vừa điều chỉnh mức tiền lương tối thiểu vùng. (The government just adjusted the regional minimum wage.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lương (n): A common shortened form of "tiền lương," meaning salary or wage.

  • Lương tháng mười ba là một khoản thưởng. (The thirteenth-month salary is a bonus.)

• Thù lao (n): Remuneration, fee, or payment for a specific service or task, often for freelance or short-term work.

  • Thù lao cho công việc tư vấn này rất hấp dẫn. (The remuneration for this consulting work is very attractive.)

Synonyms

• Salary: Fixed regular payment, typically paid monthly.
• Wage: Payment for labor, often calculated hourly or daily.
• Pay: General term for money received for work.
• Compensation: Total payment and benefits received for work.

Related Idioms and Common Phrases

• Được lương tâm: To have a clear conscience. (Note: This idiom uses "lương" in a different, homophonic sense meaning "good," and is not directly related to "tiền lương." It is included here due to the identical spelling of "lương.")

  • Làm việc đó xong, tôi thấy được lương tâm. (After doing that, I felt I had a clear conscience.)

• Sống bằng đồng lương: To live on one's salary.

  • Hầu hết nhân viên sống bằng đồng lương hàng tháng. (Most employees live on their monthly salary.)