Definition

1. Noun:
   • First-born child: The first child born to a parent or parents. This term specifically denotes the eldest child in a family.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đây là con so của họ. (This is their first-born child.)
  • Làm cha mẹ lần đầu, họ rất lo lắng cho con so. (Being first-time parents, they are very worried about their first-born child.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in fixed phrases related to the experience of having a first child.
• "chửa con so": to be pregnant for the first time; to be carrying one's first child.
  • Cô ấy đang chửa con so nên cần được chăm sóc cẩn thận. (She is pregnant for the first time, so she needs careful attention.)

Variants and Related Words

• Con đầu lòng (n): A direct synonym meaning "first-born child" or "eldest child."

  • Nó là con đầu lòng trong gia đình. (He is the first-born child in the family.)

• Con thứ (n): A later-born child; a child who is not the first.

  • Con so thường được chú ý hơn con thứ. (The first-born child often gets more attention than the later-born ones.)

Synonyms

• First-born: The first child to be born to a parent.
• Eldest child: The oldest child among siblings.

Related Idioms

• "Cưa con so": This is not a standard idiom. The primary idiomatic usage is contained within the phrase "chửa con so" (to be pregnant with the first child), as detailed above.

1. First-born child
   • chá»­a con so
     to be with child for the first time