tiểu thủ công
Definition
- Noun:
- Small-scale handicraft / Cottage industry: Refers to a form of production where goods are made primarily by hand or with simple tools, typically on a small, family-run, or household scale. It emphasizes manual skill and traditional techniques rather than mass industrial manufacturing.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nghề dệt lụa ở làng này là một hình thức tiểu thủ công truyền thống. (The silk weaving trade in this village is a form of traditional small-scale handicraft.)
- Khu vực này phát triển mạnh về tiểu thủ công. (This area has a strong development in cottage industries.)
- Chính sách mới nhằm hỗ trợ các hộ tiểu thủ công. (The new policy aims to support household-based handicraft producers.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in economic and developmental contexts to discuss sectors that preserve cultural heritage, employ local labor, and have lower capital requirements than large-scale industry.
- It can be part of the compound term "tiểu thủ công nghiệp", which explicitly combines the ideas of small-scale and handicraft industry.
Variants and Related Words
- Tiểu thủ công nghiệp (n): Small-scale handicraft industry. A slightly more formal or complete variant of "tiểu thủ công".
- Thủ công (n): Handicraft, manual craft. The broader category encompassing all hand-made crafts.
- Tiểu công nghiệp (n): Small-scale industry. May involve more machinery than purely handicraft.
Synonyms
- Cottage industry: A small, home-based manufacturing business.
- Artisanal production: Production by a skilled craftsperson.
- Small-scale craft: Manual craft work done on a small scale.
Related Concepts
- Làng nghề (Craft village): A village specializing in a particular traditional handicraft, often operating as a collection of tiểu thủ công households.
- Kinh tế hộ gia đình (Household economy): The economic unit within which much tiểu thủ công production takes place.