tù nhân
Definition
- Noun:
- Prisoner: A person who is deprived of liberty and held in a prison, jail, or other form of custody, typically as a result of being convicted of a crime or while awaiting trial.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Các tù nhân được phép tập thể dục một giờ mỗi ngày. (The prisoners are allowed to exercise for one hour each day.)
- Anh ta trở thành tù nhân chính trị. (He became a political prisoner.)
- Quyền của tù nhân được luật pháp quốc tế bảo vệ. (The rights of prisoners are protected by international law.)
Advanced Usage
- The term can be used in formal, legal, and journalistic contexts to refer to individuals incarcerated within a penal system.
- "Tù nhân lương tâm": conscience prisoner or prisoner of conscience. This specific term refers to a person imprisoned for their political, religious, or other conscientiously held beliefs, ethnic origin, sex, color, language, national or social origin, economic status, birth, sexual orientation, or other status, provided they have not used or advocated violence.
- Tổ chức Ân xá Quốc tế vận động cho các tù nhân lương tâm trên toàn thế giới. (Amnesty International campaigns for prisoners of conscience worldwide.)
Variants and Related Words
Phạm nhân (n): inmate, convict. This word often emphasizes the person's status as someone who has committed a crime and is serving a sentence.
- Các phạm nhân đang lao động trong xưởng. (The inmates are working in the workshop.)
Người bị giam giữ (n): detainee. A person held in custody, often without formal charge or conviction.
- Người bị giam giữ đang chờ phiên tòa. (The detainee is awaiting trial.)
Synonyms
- Prisoner: A person legally held in prison as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial.
- Inmate: One of several residents of an institution such as a prison or hospital.
- Convict: A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment.
Related Idioms
- While there are no direct idioms using as a fixed component, the concept appears in common expressions.
- "Sống cảnh tù đày": to live a life like a prisoner/to live in imprisonment (metaphorically).
- Công việc buồn chán khiến anh ấy cảm thấy như đang sống cảnh tù đày. (The boring job made him feel like he was living in imprisonment.)