cầu tự

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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To pray for a male heir: The act of performing religious or spiritual rituals, often at a temple or pagoda, to beseech deities or Buddha for the blessing of a son to continue the family lineage.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • Người phụ nữ đã đi chùa cầu tự. (The woman went to the pagoda to pray for a male heir.)
    • Tục lệ cầu tự ngày xưa rất phổ biến. (The custom of praying for a male heir was very common in the past.)
Advanced Usage
  • The term is deeply rooted in traditional Confucian family values where a male descendant is essential for ancestor worship and continuing the family line. The practice is now less common but remains a part of cultural and historical understanding.
Variants and Related Words
  • Cầu con (v): To pray for a child (gender-neutral).
    • Họ thành tâm cầu con. (They sincerely prayed for a child.)
Synonyms
  • To supplicate for a son: To humbly and earnestly pray for a male child.
  • To beg the gods for an heir: To implore deities for a successor.
Related Cultural Concepts
  • Nối dõi tông đường: To continue the family line. This is the primary objective behind the act of "cầu tự."
  • Có con trai để thờ cúng tổ tiên: To have a son for ancestor worship. This explains the traditional motivation for the practice.
verb
  1. To pray deity for a male heir
    • đi chùa cầu tự
      to go to a pagoda and pray to Buddha for a male heir

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