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Questions & Answers about Tôi cần cấp lại thẻ.
What does cấp lại mean in this sentence?
Cấp lại means to reissue or to issue again.
- cấp = to issue, grant, or provide officially
- lại = again
Together, cấp lại is a common administrative phrase for things like cards, documents, permits, or certificates that need to be issued again after being lost, damaged, or expired.
Why is lại placed after cấp instead of before it?
In Vietnamese, words like lại often come after the verb.
So:
- cấp lại = issue again
- làm lại = do again / remake
- viết lại = write again
This is a very normal Vietnamese pattern. English often uses re- or again in a different way, but in Vietnamese the verb + lại structure is extremely common.
What does thẻ mean exactly?
Thẻ is a general word for a card, badge, or pass.
It can refer to many kinds of cards, depending on context, such as:
- thẻ ngân hàng = bank card
- thẻ sinh viên = student card
- thẻ nhân viên = employee card
- thẻ căn cước = ID card
- thẻ bảo hiểm = insurance card
By itself, thẻ is quite general, so the exact type of card is usually understood from context.