Definition

Động từ (Verb): - Wear mourning for, be in mourning for: To observe a period of mourning and display external signs of grief (such as wearing specific clothing or accessories, often black or white in Vietnam) following the death of a relative, as dictated by custom or tradition.

Usage Examples

• Động từ:
  • Gia đình anh ấy sẽ để tang ông nội trong ba năm. (His family will be in mourning for his grandfather for three years.)
  • Theo phong tục, con cháu phải để tang cha mẹ. (According to custom, children must wear mourning for their parents.)
  • Cô ấy đang để tang chồng. (She is in mourning for her husband.)

Advanced Usage

• "Để tang ai": To be in mourning for someone.

  • Cả dòng họ để tang cụ trưởng tộc. (The entire clan is in mourning for the family patriarch.)

• "Thời kỳ để tang" / "Thời gian để tang": The mourning period.

  • Thời gian để tang truyền thống đôi khi rất dài. (The traditional mourning period can sometimes be very long.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tang (noun): Mourning; funeral.

  • Tang lễ: Funeral ceremony.
  • Đồ tang / Tang phục (noun): Mourning garments/clothing.

    • Họ mặc tang phục màu trắng. (They are wearing white mourning clothes.)

• Có tang (verb phrase): To be bereaved; to have a death in the family.

  • Nhà nó đang có tang. (His family has a bereavement / is in mourning.)

• Hết tang / Mãn tang (verb phrase): To complete the mourning period.

  • Sau khi hết tang, cuộc sống dần trở lại bình thường. (After the mourning period ends, life gradually returns to normal.)

Synonyms

• Chịu tang (verb): To observe mourning (a very close synonym, often used interchangeably).

  • Con cái có bổn phận chịu tang cha mẹ. (Children have the duty to observe mourning for their parents.)

• Thọ tang (verb, more formal/literary): To be in mourning.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Để băng tang / Đeo băng tang (verb phrase): To wear a mourning band/armband (a specific action within the general practice of để tang).

  • Các quan chức đeo băng tang trong lễ truy điệu. (The officials wore mourning bands at the memorial service.)

• Trong thời gian để tang (prepositional phrase): During the mourning period.

  • Trong thời gian để tang, họ kiêng các lễ hội vui chơi. (During the mourning period, they abstain from festive celebrations.)

1. Wear mourning for, be in mourning for
   • Để tang bố
     To be in mourning for one's father