tài phú

Một tài phú ngồi ghi chép sổ sách trong một cửa hiệu.

Definition

1. Noun (Archaic):
   • Accountant or bookkeeper: In historical context, specifically referring to the person responsible for keeping financial records and managing money in a Chinese-owned shop or trading house in Vietnam.
   • Wealth or resources: An older term for the collective riches, assets, or natural resources of a nation or entity.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Archaic):
  • Ông ấy từng làm tài phú cho một hiệu buôn lớn. (He once worked as the accountant for a large trading house.)
  • Tài phú của quốc gia này rất phong phú. (The wealth/resources of this nation are very abundant.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is marked as archaic or dialectal. In modern contexts, more specific words like "kế toán" (accountant) or "tài nguyên" (resources) are used.

Variants and Related Words

• Tài nguyên (n): Natural resources.

  • Việt Nam có nhiều tài nguyên khoáng sản. (Vietnam has many mineral resources.)

• Thư ký kế toán (n): Accounting clerk (modern equivalent for the occupational sense).

Synonyms

• Accountant: A person whose job is to keep or inspect financial accounts.
• Wealth: An abundance of valuable possessions or money.
• Resources: A stock or supply of assets that can be used.

Notes on Usage

• This word is considered obsolete in contemporary Vietnamese. Its use today is primarily found in historical texts or discussions about the past.
• The two distinct meanings (occupation and wealth) are context-dependent. The occupational sense is very specific to a historical Sino-Vietnamese commercial context.