tư lập
Definition
- Adjective:
- Privately established; private: Founded, set up, or operated by an individual or private entity, not by the state or government. This term is often used to describe institutions like schools.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trường đại học này là trường tư lập. (This university is a privately established school.)
- Hệ thống giáo dục bao gồm cả trường công lập và tư lập. (The education system includes both public and privately established schools.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "tư lập" is somewhat formal and is often used in official or administrative contexts to denote the private status of an institution. In contemporary everyday language, the simpler adjective "tư" or "dân lập" is more commonly used for "private."
Variants and Related Words
Tư nhân (adj): private, pertaining to an individual or non-state entity.
- Bệnh viện tư nhân (A private hospital.)
Dân lập (adj): people-established; another term for a privately founded institution, often used interchangeably with "tư lập" for schools.
- Trường dân lập (A private school.)
Công lập (adj): public; state-established. This is the direct antonym.
- Trường công lập (A public school.)
Synonyms
- Private: Belonging to or for the use of a particular person or group; not public or state-controlled.
- Independent: Not depending on another authority, often used for schools (e.g., independent school).
Notes on Usage
- "Tư lập" is primarily used as an attributive adjective, placed before the noun it modifies (e.g., ). It is not typically used predicatively (e.g., one would not say ; the more natural construction is or simply ).
- This word is most commonly associated with the field of education to distinguish private institutions from public ones.