Definition

1. Noun:
   • Filial piety: The virtue of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and ancestors, considered a fundamental duty in traditional Vietnamese and East Asian culture.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Hiếu dưỡng là một đức tính quan trọng trong văn hóa Việt Nam. (Filial piety is an important virtue in Vietnamese culture.)
  • Anh ấy luôn thể hiện lòng hiếu dưỡng đối với cha mẹ già. (He always shows filial piety towards his elderly parents.)

Advanced Usage

• "tận hiếu tận dưỡng": to fulfill one's filial duties completely, to care for and support one's parents with utmost devotion.
  • Dù bận rộn, cô ấy vẫn tận hiếu tận dưỡng với mẹ. (Despite being busy, she still cares for and supports her mother with utmost devotion.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hiếu thảo (adj/n): Filial, devoted to one's parents. This is a more common and general synonym in modern Vietnamese.
  • Cô ấy là một người con rất hiếu thảo. (She is a very filial daughter.)
• Hiếu (n): Filial piety (often used in compound words).
• Dưỡng (v): To nurture, to care for, to support.

Synonyms

• Lòng hiếu thảo: filial devotion.
• Chữ hiếu: the concept/word of filial piety.
• Bổn phận làm con: a child's duty.

Notes on Usage

• Register: The word "hiếu dưỡng" is considered formal and somewhat literary or archaic. In everyday modern speech, "hiếu thảo" is more frequently used.
• Concept: It refers specifically to the active demonstration of piety through physical care, material support, and respectful behavior, not just an abstract feeling.