trưởng kho
Definition
- Noun:
- Head of a department (in a hospital or university): The primary meaning refers to the person in charge of a specific academic or medical department within an institution, such as a university faculty or a hospital clinical department.
- Warehouse manager / Head of a storage facility: An older or specific usage referring to the person responsible for managing a warehouse or storage depot.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Giáo sư Kim được bổ nhiệm làm trưởng khoa Ngoại. (Professor Kim was appointed as the head of the Surgery Department.)
- Mọi vấn đề về giáo trình cần được thông qua trưởng khoa. (All curriculum issues must be approved by the department head.)
- Trưởng kho hàng đang kiểm kê. (The warehouse manager is taking inventory.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often part of formal titles in institutional hierarchies. In a university, a "trưởng khoa" typically oversees teaching, research, and administration for their specific field (e.g., Department of Mathematics). In a hospital, they oversee the medical staff and operations of a clinical department.
Variants and Related Words
- Trưởng phòng (n): Head of a room/office/division, a more general term for a manager of a division or office, not specifically academic/medical.
- Chủ nhiệm khoa (n): Chairperson of a department, a near-synonym sometimes used interchangeably.
- Khoa trưởng (n): An alternative, less common term with the same meaning as "trưởng khoa."
Synonyms
- Department head / Department chair: The leader of an academic or administrative department.
- Warehouse supervisor: A person in charge of a storage facility.
Related Idioms
- : To hold the position of department head.
- Ông ấy đã ngồi ghế trưởng khoa được mười năm. (He has held the position of department head for ten years.)