tồn dư
Definition
Noun:
- Residue / Remnant: Something that remains after the main part has gone, been used, or been dealt with. Often refers to leftover quantities, remaining effects, or persistent traces.
- Surplus / Balance: An amount left over, especially of a stock or quantity, after requirements have been met.
Adjective (Attributive use):
- Residual / Remanent / Persistent: Describing something that remains, lingers, or is left over, often from a previous period or process.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Cần xử lý triệt để tồn dư thuốc trừ sâu trong đất. (It is necessary to thoroughly handle the pesticide residue in the soil.)
- Tồn dư của năm tài chính trước là không đáng kể. (The surplus from the previous fiscal year is insignificant.)
Adjective (Attributive):
- Các hiệu ứng tồn dư của cuộc khủng hoảng vẫn còn. (The residual effects of the crisis still remain.)
Advanced Usage
"Tồn dư chiến tranh": war remnants (e.g., unexploded ordnance).
- Tồn dư chiến tranh vẫn gây nguy hiểm cho dân thường. (War remnants still pose a danger to civilians.)
"Tồn dư hóa chất": chemical residues.
- Kiểm tra tồn dư hóa chất trong thực phẩm. (To check for chemical residues in food.)
Variants and Related Words
Tồn kho (n): inventory, stock on hand.
- Tồn kho cuối kỳ tăng cao. (The ending inventory is high.)
Dư lượng (n): residue, leftover amount (often used interchangeably with tồn dư in scientific contexts).
- Dư lượng kháng sinh trong thịt. (Antibiotic residue in meat.)
Synonyms
- Residue: A small amount of something that remains after the main part has gone.
- Remnant: A small remaining quantity of something.
- Surplus: An amount of something left over when requirements have been met.
- Balance: The remainder or leftover amount.
Related Terms
Tồn đọng (v/n): to backlog; a backlog. Implies an accumulation of unfinished work or unresolved matters.
- Giải quyết công việc tồn đọng. (To resolve the backlog of work.)
Di chứng (n): sequela, after-effect. Often used for lasting medical or social consequences, whereas tồn dư is more general for physical or quantitative leftovers.
- Di chứng sau chấn thương. (Sequelae after an injury.)