dì họ

Dì họ của tôi đang trò chuyện với mẹ tôi trong phòng khách.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Maternal cousin-aunt: A female cousin of one's mother. This term specifically denotes a woman who is the daughter of one's maternal grandparent's sibling, making her a cousin to one's mother and thus a "cousin-aunt" to the speaker.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Dì họ của tôi là con gái của em trai ông ngoại tôi. (My maternal cousin-aunt is the daughter of my maternal grandfather's younger brother.)
  • Mẹ tôi và dì họ của tôi chơi với nhau từ nhỏ. (My mother and my maternal cousin-aunt have played together since childhood.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "dì họ" is part of a precise kinship terminology system in Vietnamese. It is used to distinguish this specific relationship from a paternal cousin-aunt ("cô họ") or a regular aunt ("dì", which typically refers to one's mother's sister).
  • Trong gia đình Việt, việc phân biệt "dì", "dì họ", và "cô họ" là rất quan trọng. (In Vietnamese families, distinguishing between "dì" (maternal aunt), "dì họ" (maternal cousin-aunt), and "cô họ" (paternal cousin-aunt) is very important.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cô họ (noun): Paternal cousin-aunt. A female cousin of one's father.
• Dì (noun): Maternal aunt. The sister of one's mother.
• Bác họ (noun): Cousin-uncle/aunt (older than one's parent). A child of one's grandparent's sibling who is older than one's parent.
• Chú họ / Cậu họ (noun): Cousin-uncle (younger than one's parent). A child of one's grandparent's sibling who is younger than one's parent.

Synonyms

• Maternal female cousin (of one's mother): This is a descriptive synonym in English, as there is no single common English equivalent for "dì họ". The relationship is often simplified to "a cousin" or "a distant aunt" in English contexts.

Related Phrases

• Họ hàng bên ngoại: Relatives on the mother's side. "Dì họ" belongs to this group.
  • Dì họ của tôi thuộc họ hàng bên ngoại. (My maternal cousin-aunt is a relative on my mother's side.)