chu niên
Definition
- Noun:
- Anniversary: "Chu niên" refers to the anniversary of an event, marking the completion of a full year or a specific cycle of years (e.g., a decade). It is an archaic or formal term, often used in historical or ceremonial contexts.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Lễ kỷ niệm 100 chu niên ngày thành lập trường đại học. (The ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the university's founding.)
- Họ tổ chức lễ đệ thập chu niên ngày cưới. (They celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary.)
Advanced Usage
- "Lễ đệ... chu niên": A formal phrase meaning "the ceremony for the ...th anniversary". The word "đệ" is a classical ordinal prefix.
- Lễ đệ ngũ chu niên ngày mất của nhà thơ. (The ceremony for the fifth anniversary of the poet's death.)
Variants and Related Words
- Kỷ niệm (Noun/Verb): Commemoration; to commemorate. This is the modern and more common term for "anniversary" or "to celebrate/remember an event".
- Lễ kỷ niệm 50 năm thành lập. (The 50th-anniversary celebration.)
- Ngày kỷ niệm (Noun Phrase): Anniversary day.
- Lễ kỷ niệm (Noun Phrase): Anniversary ceremony/celebration.
Synonyms
- Ngày kỷ niệm: Anniversary (day).
- Lễ kỷ niệm: Anniversary celebration.
- Dịp kỷ niệm: Anniversary occasion.
Notes on Usage
- Register: "Chu niên" is considered archaic, literary, or highly formal. It is rarely used in everyday modern Vietnamese, having been largely replaced by "kỷ niệm". You will encounter it primarily in historical texts, formal documents, or ceremonial names (e.g., names of anniversary events).
- Structure: It is typically used in the pattern "[ordinal number] + chu niên" (e.g., for the 10th anniversary) or within the formal phrase "lễ đệ [number] chu niên".