tồn đọng

Một số công việc tồn đọng trên bàn của anh ấy.

Definition

1. Verb:

   • To remain unpaid or unsettled: Refers to debts, taxes, or financial obligations that have not been cleared by the due date.
   • To be pending or backlogged: Describes tasks, work, or administrative matters that have accumulated and are left unresolved.
   • To remain unused or in surplus: Indicates goods, materials, or resources that are left over and not utilized.

2. Noun:

   • Arrears; backlog: The accumulated quantity of something that remains unresolved or unused, such as a backlog of work or unpaid taxes.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Một khoản thuế lớn vẫn tồn đọng sau nhiều năm. (A large tax amount has remained unpaid for many years.)
  • Công việc tồn đọng từ tuần trước cần được giải quyết. (The work backlog from last week needs to be resolved.)
  • Hàng hóa tồn đọng trong kho do nhu cầu thấp. (Goods remained unused in the warehouse due to low demand.)

• Noun:

  • Chúng tôi đang xử lý tồn đọng của các đơn đặt hàng cũ. (We are processing the backlog of old orders.)
  • Tồn đọng nợ xấu là một vấn đề nghiêm trọng. (The arrears of bad debt are a serious problem.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal, administrative, financial, or business contexts to describe unresolved states.
• Can imply negligence or systemic inefficiency when things are allowed to "tồn đọng."

Variants and Related Words

• Tồn kho (v/n): to be in inventory; inventory. Refers specifically to goods in stock, not necessarily problematic.

  • Số lượng sản phẩm tồn kho đang tăng. (The quantity of products in inventory is increasing.)

• Ứ đọng (v): to stagnate; to be congested. Often used for fluids or traffic, but can overlap with "tồn đọng" for work or processes.

  • Giao thông bị ứ đọng ở trung tâm thành phố. (Traffic is congested in the city center.)

Synonyms

• To accumulate (as a problem).
• To be outstanding (e.g., debts).
• Backlog (noun).
• Arrears (noun).

Related Idioms

• While "tồn đọng" itself is not typically part of idioms, it is commonly used in set phrases like:
  • Công việc tồn đọng: a backlog of work.
  • Nợ tồn đọng: outstanding debt.
  • Hàng tồn đọng: surplus/unsold inventory.