cưới
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Definition
- Verb:
- To marry; to wed: To take someone as a husband or wife through an official or traditional ceremony. This is the core action of entering a marriage.
- To get married (to someone): Describes the act of a person becoming married. It often requires an object (whom one marries) or is used in the passive voice.
- To hold a wedding: Refers to the act of conducting or celebrating the wedding ceremony itself.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Anh ấy sẽ cưới bạn gái vào tháng tới. (He will marry his girlfriend next month.)
- Họ đã cưới nhau trong một buổi lễ nhỏ. (They got married in a small ceremony.)
- Gia đình đang chuẩn bị để cưới cho con gái. (The family is preparing to hold a wedding for their daughter.)
Advanced Usage
"làm đám cưới": to have a wedding celebration.
- Họ dự định làm đám cưới thật linh đình. (They plan to have a very lavish wedding celebration.)
"cưới chạy tang": a rushed wedding held before a period of mourning for a family member begins. This reflects a specific cultural practice.
- Vì ông ngoại ốm nặng, họ phải tổ chức cưới chạy tang. (Because her grandfather was seriously ill, they had to hold a rushed wedding before the mourning period.)
Variants and Related Words
Đám cưới (n): wedding, wedding ceremony.
- Đám cưới của họ được tổ chức tại một nhà thờ. (Their wedding was held at a church.)
Cưới hỏi (v/n): the full process of marriage, including both the proposal rituals and the wedding ceremony.
- Lễ cưới hỏi theo truyền thống có nhiều nghi thức. (The traditional marriage process involves many rituals.)
Tân hôn (adj/n): newlywed.
- Cặp đôi tân hôn đi nghỉ tuần trăng mật. (The newlywed couple went on a honeymoon.)
Synonyms
- To marry: The most direct synonym.
- To wed: A slightly more formal synonym.
- To get hitched: An informal, colloquial synonym.
Related Idioms
Cưới vợ đẻ con: to get married and have children; refers to the conventional milestones of adult life.
- Bố mẹ mong anh ấy ổn định, cưới vợ đẻ con. (His parents hope he settles down, gets married and has children.)
Cưới không nên, cưới lấy được: A saying implying that a marriage, even if not ideal, is better than not marrying at all (reflects an older viewpoint).
- Quan niệm "cưới không nên, cưới lấy được" ngày nay không còn phổ biến. (The notion that "a less-than-ideal marriage is better than none" is no longer common today.)