goá
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Widowed: Describes a person whose spouse has died and who has not remarried. This term is used for both men and women, though it is more commonly associated with women in traditional usage.
- Bereaved of a spouse: The state of having lost one's husband or wife.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Bà ấy đã goá chồng được mười năm. (She has been widowed for ten years.)
- Sau khi goá vợ, ông ấy sống một mình. (After being widowed, he lived alone.)
- Cô ta còn ở goá. (She remained a widow.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "goá" is often used in formal or literary contexts. In everyday conversation, descriptive phrases like (widowed of a husband) or (widowed of a wife) are more common to specify gender.
- It can function as a stative verb in sentences like (She is widowed.).
Variants and Related Words
- Goá phụ (n): Widow (a woman whose husband has died).
- Một quỹ hỗ trợ cho các goá phụ. (A fund to support widows.)
- Goá bụa (adj/n): Widowed; a widow. This term often carries a stronger connotation of loneliness and hardship following the loss.
- Cuộc sống goá bụa đầy khó khăn. (A widowed life full of difficulties.)
- Quả phụ (n): Widow (a more formal or respectful term).
- Lễ tưởng niệm dành cho các quả phụ. (A memorial ceremony for the widows.)
Synonyms
- Hóa: (Literary) To become widowed. Used in fixed phrases.
- Ở vậy: To remain single (especially for a woman after being widowed or divorced).
- Mất chồng/mất vợ: (Descriptive phrase) To have lost one's husband/wife.
Related Phrases
- Goá chồng: To be widowed of a husband; to be a widow.
- Bà cụ goá chồng từ trẻ. (The old woman was widowed at a young age.)
- Goá vợ: To be widowed of a wife; to be a widower.
- Ông ấy goá vợ và nuôi con một mình. (He is a widower and raises his child alone.)
- Cảnh goá bụa: The state/circumstance of being a widow/widower.
- Thương cảm cho cảnh goá bụa của bà ta. (Sympathize with her widowed circumstance.)
adj
- widowed
- cô ta còn ở góaShe remained a widow
- góa vợwidower