Definition

1. Noun:

   • Communal house: The main public building in a traditional Vietnamese village, used for worshipping the village's guardian spirit and for administrative meetings. It is often the largest and most ornate structure in the village.
   • Canopy (of a mosquito net): The top, horizontal part of a traditional mosquito net frame.

2. Verb:

   • To stop; to cease; to halt: To bring an activity or process to an end, either temporarily or permanently.
   • To suspend; to adjourn; to postpone: To officially stop something for a period of time, often an administrative or legal process.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Mái đình làng tôi được lợp ngói cổ. (The roof of my village's communal house is covered with ancient tiles.)
  • Đình màn bằng vải lụa rất đẹp. (The silk canopy of the mosquito net is very beautiful.)

• Verb:

  • Công ty tạm đình hoạt động để điều tra. (The company temporarily suspended operations for investigation.)
  • Phiên toà bị đình lại. (The court session was adjourned.)

Advanced Usage

• "thi đình": Refers to the highest, palace-level examination in the imperial examination system.

  • Ông ấy đỗ đầu trong kỳ thi đình. (He came first in the palace examination.)

• "tội tày đình": An idiom meaning "a grave/heinous crime".

  • Hắn phạm một tội tày đình. (He committed a monstrous crime.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đình chỉ (v): To suspend, to stop (often used in formal/legal contexts).

  • Đình chỉ công tác. (To suspend from work.)

• Đình đốn (v): To stagnate, to be at a standstill (often for business or progress).

  • Công việc kinh doanh đình đốn. (Business is stagnant.)

• Đình công (v): To go on strike.

  • Công nhân đình công đòi tăng lương. (The workers went on strike to demand higher wages.)

Synonyms

• Noun (Communal house): village hall, temple (in a specific context).
• Verb (To stop): cease, halt, terminate.
• Verb (To suspend): postpone, adjourn, stall.

Related Idioms

• "To như cột đình": (As big as a communal house pillar) – Used to describe something or someone very large and sturdy.

  • Anh ta có thân hình to như cột đình. (He has a body as solid as a temple pillar.)

• "Bao giờ cây cải làm đình": (When a mustard plant becomes a communal house) – Equivalent to the English idiom "when pigs fly," meaning something will never happen.

noun

1. communal house in the village

verb

1. to stop ; to stay; to delay, to put off