Definition

1. 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.)

verb

1. to wed; to marry