Definition

1. Verb:
   • To announce/notify a death: To formally inform someone or a relevant authority about a person's death. This is often an official procedure.
   • To report someone as dead: To declare or record that someone has died, especially in an official or administrative context.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Gia đình đang làm thủ tục để báo tử cho ông cụ. (The family is completing procedures to officially register the old man's death.)
  • Công ty bảo hiểm yêu cầu phải báo tử trong vòng 30 ngày. (The insurance company requires death to be reported within 30 days.)
  • Họ đã báo tử người lính mất tích sau năm năm. (They declared the missing soldier dead after five years.)

Advanced Usage

• "Báo tử" in legal/administrative contexts: The term is strongly associated with official paperwork and legal procedures following a death, such as registering with the local authorities or notifying institutions (banks, insurance).
  • Sau khi có giấy chứng tử từ bệnh viện, bước tiếp theo là đến Ủy ban nhân dân để báo tử. (After obtaining the death certificate from the hospital, the next step is to go to the People's Committee to register the death.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giấy báo tử (Noun): Death notice; official death certificate/document.
  • Anh ấy mang giấy báo tử đến công ty để giải quyết chế độ. (He brought the death certificate to the company to settle the benefits.)
• Khai tử (Verb): A near-synonym often used in legal language for "to register a death."
  • Theo luật, người thân phải đi khai tử cho người quá cố. (By law, relatives must go to register the death of the deceased.)

Synonyms

• Thông báo qua đời: To announce a passing (less official).
• Khai tử: To register a death (official, administrative).

Notes on Meaning

• The core meaning of "báo tử" is the active act of or a death officially. It is not a general term for "to die" (which is "chết" or "qua đời").
• It implies a formal process directed at an organization, government body, or other official entity.

verb

1. To notify the death of someone
   • nhận được giấy báo tử con hy sinh ở mặt trận
     to receive a notice (to be notified) of the death of one's son killed in action