đồng nhiệm
Definition
- Noun:
- A colleague of equal rank and position: A person who holds the same specific job title, office, or appointment as another person within a similar or different organization. It emphasizes a parallel, equivalent professional status.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Hai giám đốc từ hai công ty khác nhau là đồng nhiệm của nhau. (The two directors from two different companies are each other's colleagues of equal rank.)
- Chúng tôi là đồng nhiệm tại cùng một khoa trong trường đại học. (We are colleagues holding the same position in the same university department.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is formal and is often used in professional, academic, or bureaucratic contexts to denote equivalence in official capacity.
- It can be used as a noun modifier in phrases like (colleague-holders of the same post), though this is somewhat redundant.
Variants and Related Words
- Đồng nghiệp (n): A general term for "colleague." While can work in the same place, specifically stresses identical job titles or appointments, regardless of workplace.
- Chức vụ tương đương (n phrase): Equivalent position.
Synonyms
- Counterpart: A person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as another.
- Peer (in a specific office): A person of the same status in terms of a particular appointed role.
- Colleague of equal standing: A colleague who holds an identical rank.
Related Idioms
- : Of equal rank and position. This phrase reinforces the concept of parity.
- Họ làm việc trong các cơ quan khác nhau nhưng ngang hàng đồng nhiệm. (They work in different agencies but are of equal rank and position.)