cải danh
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Definition
- Verb:
- To change one's name: The primary meaning of "cải danh" is the act of altering one's personal name, often for legal, personal, or social reasons. It is a formal term.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Sau khi kết hôn, cô ấy quyết định cải danh. (After getting married, she decided to change her name.)
- Vì lý do an ninh, anh ta đã phải cải danh và chuyển đến một thành phố khác. (For security reasons, he had to change his name and move to another city.)
Advanced Usage
- "cải danh" as a literary/rhetorical device: In Vietnamese literary studies, "cải danh" can also refer to a specific rhetorical figure (a type of metonymy) where a proper name is used to represent a general concept or category, often drawing from literature or history. This usage is highly specialized and academic.
- Trong tác phẩm đó, tác giả sử dụng thủ pháp cải danh, lấy "Trạng Trình" để chỉ những nhà tiên tri. (In that work, the author uses the rhetorical device of "cải danh," using "Trạng Trình" to refer to prophets.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đổi tên (verb): To change a name. This is a more common and general synonym for "cải danh."
- Cải họ (verb): To change one's surname/family name.
- Cải tên (verb): A less common variant meaning to change a name.
Synonyms
- Thay tên (verb): To replace a name.
- Đổi tên họ (verb): To change one's full name (both given name and surname).
Notes on Usage
- Formality: "Cải danh" is a formal and somewhat literary term. In everyday legal or administrative contexts, "đổi tên" is more frequently used.
- Rarity: As noted in reference dictionaries, the general verb meaning is considered somewhat rare in modern colloquial Vietnamese, while the rhetorical meaning is a specialized academic term.