Definition

1. Noun:

   • Matrilocal residence / Living with the wife's family: A traditional custom where the husband lives in the household of his wife's parents after marriage.
   • Son-in-law living in-laws: Specifically refers to the status or situation of a man who resides with his wife's family.

2. Verb phrase (to practice matrilocal residence):

   • To live with one's in-laws (as a husband): The act of a husband moving to and residing in the home of his wife's parents.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Phong tục gửi rể từng phổ biến ở một số vùng. (The custom of matrilocal residence was once common in some regions.)
  • Anh ấy là trường hợp gửi rể hiếm hoi trong làng. (He is a rare case of a son-in-law living with his in-laws in the village.)

• Verb phrase:

  • Sau đám cưới, anh ấy sẽ về gửi rể. (After the wedding, he will go to live with his wife's family.)
  • Vì hoàn cảnh, họ quyết định để chồng gửi rể vài năm. (Due to circumstances, they decided to have the husband live with the in-laws for a few years.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "gửi rể" often carries cultural and anthropological weight, describing a specific post-marital residence pattern contrasted with the more common patrilocal system (where the wife lives with the husband's family).
• It can imply a temporary or permanent arrangement, sometimes influenced by economic needs, lack of sons in the wife's family, or regional traditions.

Variants and Related Words

• Ở rể (v/n): A direct synonym, interchangeable with "gửi rể".

  • Anh chàng rể mới đang ở rể. (The new son-in-law is living with his in-laws.)

• Con rể (n): Son-in-law.

  • Con rể sống cùng nhà. (The son-in-law lives in the same house.)

Synonyms

• Matrilocal residence: (Anthropological term) A custom where a couple resides with or near the wife's parents.
• Uxorilocal residence: A synonym for matrilocal residence used in anthropology.

Related Cultural Concepts

• Tục gửi rể (n): The tradition or custom of matrilocal residence.

  • Tục gửi rể đang dần ít phổ biến hơn. (The custom of matrilocal residence is gradually becoming less common.)

• Nhập gia tùy tục: (Idiom) "When you enter a house, follow its customs." This proverb is often relevant for someone in a "gửi rể" situation, implying adaptation to the wife's family's ways.

1. (cũng nói ở rể) Live at one's in laws' (nói về người chồng)
   • Tục gửi rể
     Matrilocat