Definition

1. Noun:
   • Foster father: A man who raises and cares for a child who is not his biological offspring, often through a formal or informal fostering arrangement.
   • Adoptive father: A man who has legally adopted a child and assumes the role and responsibilities of a father.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy là bố nuôi của đứa trẻ mồ côi. (He is the foster father of the orphaned child.)
  • Sau khi hoàn tất thủ tục, ông ấy chính thức trở thành bố nuôi của bé. (After completing the procedures, he officially became the child's adoptive father.)

Advanced Usage

• "coi như bố nuôi": to regard/treat someone as a foster father.
  • Cụ già ấy coi tôi như bố nuôi vậy. (That old man treats me as if I were his foster father.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bố đẻ (n): Biological father.
• Cha nuôi (n): Foster father (a more formal synonym, often using "cha").
• Con nuôi (n): Foster child; adopted child.
• Gia đình nuôi (n): Foster family.

Synonyms

• Cha nuôi: Foster father, adoptive father.
• Người cha nuôi: The foster father.

Related Phrases

• Nhận làm con nuôi: To adopt (a child).
  • Họ đã quyết định nhận đứa bé làm con nuôi. (They decided to adopt the child.)
• Sống với bố nuôi: To live with one's foster father.
  • Cô bé đã sống với bố nuôi từ năm lên 5. (The girl has lived with her foster father since she was 5.)

Related Idioms

• Mưa dầm thấm lâu, tình nghĩa bố nuôi: (Literal: Persistent rain soaks deeply, the affection of a foster father). This idiom emphasizes the deep, enduring bond and care that develops over time between a foster father and child, similar to how constant rain gradually soaks into the earth.
  • Dù không cùng máu mủ, nhưng "mưa dầm thấm lâu, tình nghĩa bố nuôi", ông ấy thương nó hơn cả con đẻ. (Although not related by blood, "persistent rain soaks deeply, the affection of a foster father", he loves the child more than his own biological child.)

1. Foster-father