Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Faithful, Loyal: Describes a person who remains constant and devoted in a relationship, such as marriage or friendship, not changing their feelings or commitment over time.
   • Steadfast, Unchanging: Refers to a quality of consistent and unwavering fidelity, especially in matters of love, duty, or principle.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy là một người vợ rất chung thủy. (She is a very faithful wife.)
  • Anh ấy chung thủy với công ty suốt 20 năm. (He was loyal to the company for 20 years.)
  • Tình bạn chung thủy của họ đã vượt qua nhiều thử thách. (Their loyal friendship has overcome many challenges.)

Advanced Usage

• The concept of is deeply valued in Vietnamese culture, often associated with the ideal of lifelong commitment and moral constancy in personal relationships.
• It can be used in a broader, more poetic sense to describe unwavering dedication to an ideal, homeland, or cause.
  • Anh ấy chung thủy với lý tưởng của mình. (He remained steadfast to his ideals.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thủy chung (adj): A variant form with the same meaning, emphasizing both the beginning ("thủy") and the end ("chung") of commitment. It is often used interchangeably.
  • Một tình yêu thủy chung. (A faithful love.)

Synonyms

• Faithful: Loyal and constant.
• Loyal: Giving or showing firm and constant support.
• Devoted: Very loving or loyal.
• Steadfast: Resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Sống chung thủy: To live faithfully.
  • Họ sống chung thủy với nhau cả đời. (They lived faithfully with each other their whole lives.)
• Lời thề chung thủy: A vow of fidelity.
  • Họ trao cho nhau lời thề chung thủy. (They exchanged vows of fidelity.)

adj

1. Loyal, faithful
   • người vợ chung thủy
     a faithful wife
   • tình bạn chung thủy
     loyal friendship