cỗ săng

Người ta đặt thi thể vào trong một cỗ săng gỗ thông.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A wooden coffin: A rectangular box, traditionally made of wood, used to contain a deceased person for burial or cremation. This term emphasizes the material (wood) and is often associated with traditional, simple, or older-style coffins.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người ta đặt thi thể vào trong một cỗ săng gỗ thông. (They placed the body inside a pine wooden coffin.)
  • Trong nhà kho cũ còn sót lại một cỗ săng. (An old wooden coffin was left behind in the old warehouse.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "cỗ săng" is somewhat archaic and evokes imagery of plain, unadorned wooden coffins, often used in historical or rural contexts. In modern Vietnamese, "quan tài" is the more common and neutral word for "coffin," which can be made of various materials like wood, metal, or fiberglass.

Variants and Related Words

• Quan tài (n): coffin, casket. The standard modern term.

  • Quan tài được phủ đầy hoa. (The coffin was covered with flowers.)

• Áo quan (n): A more formal or literary synonym for coffin.

  • Chiếc áo quan được làm từ gỗ quý. (The coffin was made from precious wood.)

Synonyms

• Wooden coffin: A box for a corpse, specifically made of wood.
• Casket: A more general term for a burial box, often implying a more finished appearance.

Related Idioms

• Nằm trong cỗ săng: To be in a coffin; to be dead.
  • Khi đã nằm trong cỗ săng rồi thì mọi chuyện đều vô nghĩa. (When one is lying in a coffin, everything becomes meaningless.)