Definition

1. Noun:
   • Children, offspring: "con cái" refers to one's children or descendants, typically in a general sense.
   • Female (in biology): In biological contexts, "con cái" can denote the female of an animal species.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Children):

  • Họ có ba người con cái. (They have three children.)
  • Việc giáo dục con cái rất quan trọng. (Educating one's children is very important.)

• Noun (Female animal):

  • Con khỉ cái đang chăm sóc con. (The female monkey is caring for its young.)
  • Chúng tôi cần phân biệt con đực và con cái. (We need to distinguish between the male and the female.)

Advanced Usage

• "sinh con đẻ cái": to bear children, to procreate.
  • Họ mong muốn sinh con đẻ cái và có một gia đình hạnh phúc. (They wish to have children and a happy family.)

Variants and Related Words

• Con (n): Child, offspring. A more general and common term for a child.
  • Đứa con ngoan. (The obedient child.)
• Con đực (n): Male (in biology).
  • Con sư tử đực. (The male lion.)

Synonyms

• Trẻ em (n): Children, kids (more general, not necessarily one's own).
• Phái cái (n): Female gender/sex (formal or biological term).

Related Phrases

• Lo cho con cái: To care for/provide for one's children.
  • Cha mẹ luôn lo cho con cái. (Parents always care for their children.)
• Con cái nhà ai: Whose children (often used rhetorically to comment on behavior).
  • Con cái nhà ai mà nghịch thế! (Whose children are these, being so mischievous!)

Related Idioms

• "Con hơn cha là nhà có phúc": A proverb meaning "It is a family's blessing when the child surpasses the father."
  • Anh ấy thành công hơn bố mẹ, đúng là con hơn cha là nhà có phúc. (He is more successful than his parents; truly, it is a blessing when the child surpasses the father.)

noun

1. Children
   • sinh con đẻ cái
     to beget children