trì năng
Definition
- Adjective:
- Intellectually disabled / Mentally retarded: A medical and psychological term used to describe an individual, typically a child, whose intellectual development and cognitive functioning are significantly below average for their age. This is an outdated clinical term.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trẻ trì năng cần được giáo dục đặc biệt. (Intellectually disabled children need special education.)
- Chẩn đoán trì năng cần được thực hiện bởi chuyên gia. (A diagnosis of intellectual disability should be made by a specialist.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is considered outdated and potentially offensive in modern professional and social contexts. It was used in older medical and educational classifications.
Variants and Related Words
Chậm phát triển trí tuệ (n): Intellectual disability (modern, preferred term).
- Chậm phát triển trí tuệ là thuật ngữ được ưa dùng hơn. (Intellectual disability is the preferred term.)
Thiểu năng trí tuệ (n): Another term for intellectual disability, also more modern than "trì năng".
Synonyms
- Intellectually disabled: Having significant limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive behavior.
- Mentally retarded: An outdated synonym, now generally considered pejorative.
- Developmentally delayed: A broader, often less specific term.
Important Note on Usage
- The word "trì năng" is largely obsolete. Its use should be avoided in contemporary professional, educational, and respectful discourse. The recommended modern terminology in Vietnamese is "chậm phát triển trí tuệ" or "khuyết tật trí tuệ", which translate to "intellectual disability".