Definition

1. Noun: - Tradition, custom: Refers to practices, beliefs, or customs passed down from previous generations.

2. Verb (less common): - To adhere to, to stick to: To follow or maintain (a tradition, custom, or old way).

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Phong tục cựu truyền này đã có từ hàng trăm năm. (This traditional custom has existed for hundreds of years.)
  • Họ tôn trọng những giá trị cựu truyền của dân tộc. (They respect the traditional values of their nation.)

• Verb:

  • Ngôi làng này vẫn cựu truyền lối sống của tổ tiên. (This village still adheres to the lifestyle of their ancestors.)

Advanced Usage

• The word cựu truyền is formal and literary, often used in written language or formal speech about culture and history. In modern everyday Vietnamese, words like (tradition) or (ancient tradition) are more common for the noun form.
• It can function attributively as a noun modifier, similar to an adjective, meaning "traditional".
  • lễ hội cựu truyền (traditional festival)
  • nghề thủ công cựu truyền (traditional craft)

Variants and Related Words

• Cổ truyền (adj/n): Ancient tradition; traditional. Very close in meaning and more frequently used than .
• Truyền thống (n): Tradition. The most common and general modern term.
• Tập tục (n): Custom, practice.
• Tục lệ (n): Custom, convention.

Synonyms

• Noun: (tradition), (custom), (convention).
• Verb: (to follow, to abide by), (to keep, to maintain), (to cling to).

Related Phrases

• Giữ gìn cựu truyền: To preserve/maintain traditions.
  • Chúng ta cần giữ gìn những cựu truyền tốt đẹp. (We need to preserve the beautiful traditions.)
• Theo cựu truyền: According to tradition; in the traditional way.
  • Lễ cưới được tổ chức theo cựu truyền. (The wedding was organized according to tradition.)

Notes on Meaning

The core meaning of cựu truyền combines "cựu" (old, former) and "truyền" (to transmit, to pass on). It primarily denotes things (customs, practices, values) that are old and have been transmitted from the past. The verb sense of "to stick to" directly derives from this idea of holding on to and continuing those transmitted practices.

noun & verb

1. to stick to