Definition

1. Noun:
   • Illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock: A child whose parents were not legally married at the time of its birth.
   • Bastard child: A dated and often offensive term for a child born to parents not married to each other.

Usage

• The term "con rơi" specifically refers to the child's social and legal status concerning its parents' marital relationship. It is a sensitive term.
• It is used as a noun phrase. The word "con" means child, and "rơi" in this context implies being "dropped" or "cast aside," suggesting a lack of formal recognition.
• Important Note: This term can carry a strong negative social stigma and may be considered derogatory or hurtful. More neutral, descriptive phrases are often preferred in modern, sensitive discourse.

Usage Examples

• As a Noun:
  • Anh ấy bị xã hội kỳ thị vì là con rơi. (He was discriminated against by society for being an illegitimate child.)
  • Luật pháp ngày nay đã bảo vệ quyền lợi của con rơi. (Today's laws protect the rights of children born out of wedlock.)
  • Cô ấy không bao giờ muốn ai biết mình là con rơi. (She never wanted anyone to know she was a bastard child.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in legal, sociological, or historical contexts to discuss issues of inheritance, social welfare, and family law.
• It can appear in literary works to create characters facing social adversity or complex family backgrounds.

Variants and Related Words

• Con ngoài giá thú: A more formal and neutral legal term for "child born out of wedlock."
• Con hoang: A much more vulgar and offensive synonym for "bastard." Use extreme caution.
• Đứa con không chính thức: A descriptive, less common phrase meaning "unofficial child."

Synonyms

• Illegitimate child: (Neutral/formal) The most direct translation.
• Child born out of wedlock: (Neutral/descriptive) A factual description.
• Love child: (Euphemistic, sometimes poetic) A child born from a love affair, often used to soften the term.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Mang tiếng con rơi: To bear the reputation/name of being an illegitimate child; to suffer the stigma.
  • Cô ấy đã phải mang tiếng con rơi suốt thời thơ ấu. (She had to bear the stigma of being an illegitimate child throughout her childhood.)
• Số phận con rơi: The fate/destiny of an illegitimate child (often implying hardship).
  • Câu chuyện kể về số phận con rơi đầy bi thương. (The story tells of the tragic fate of an illegitimate child.)

1. Illegitimate child, child born out of wedlock, bastard child