Definition

1. Verb phrase:
   • To come of age: To reach the specific age required by law, custom, or maturity to be eligible for a particular right, responsibility, or social role.
   • To be old enough: To have attained the necessary age for a specific activity, milestone, or obligation.

Usage Examples

• Verb phrase:
  • Con tôi sắp đến tuổi đi học. (My child is about to be old enough for school.)
  • Anh ấy đã đến tuổi nhập ngũ. (He has come of age for military service.)
  • Cô ấy chưa đến tuổi kết hôn theo luật định. (She has not yet come of age for marriage according to the law.)

Advanced Usage

• The phrase is often used in formal or societal contexts discussing legal ages, rites of passage, or societal expectations. It implies a threshold has been crossed.
  • Đến tuổi về hưu, ông ấy bắt đầu một cuộc sống mới. (Having reached retirement age, he began a new life.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đến tuổi trưởng thành: To reach adulthood.

  • Thanh niên đến tuổi trưởng thành cần có sự độc lập. (Young people who reach adulthood need to have independence.)

• Đủ tuổi: To be of sufficient age (often interchangeable with "đến tuổi").

  • Cậu bé đó đã đủ tuổi để lái xe. (That boy is old enough to drive.)

Synonyms

• Come of age: To reach adult status or the age for specific rights.
• Reach the age of: To attain a specified age.
• Be of age: To be legally an adult.

Related Idioms

• Đến tuổi cập kê: (Literally: to come of age for the perch) A traditional idiom referring to a girl reaching marriageable age.
  • Con gái họ đã đến tuổi cập kê. (Their daughter has come of marriageable age.)

verb

1. to come of age