đình
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
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.
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.
verb
- to stop ; to stay; to delay, to put off