hiếu phục

Tang gia mặc hiếu phục trắng.

Definition

1. Noun (Archaic):
   • Mourning garments; mourning attire: Traditional clothing worn to express grief and respect for the deceased during a funeral or a period of mourning in historical Vietnamese context.
   • The state of mourning: The formal condition or period of observing grief for a deceased person.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tang gia mặc hiếu phục trắng. (The bereaved family wore white mourning garments.)
  • Thời kỳ hiếu phục thường kéo dài ba năm. (The period of mourning often lasted three years.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily found in historical, literary, or formal texts discussing traditional rites and customs. It is rarely used in modern everyday conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Đồ tang (n): Mourning clothes. This is the modern, more common term.
  • Mọi người mặc đồ tang đến dự đám tang. (Everyone wore mourning clothes to attend the funeral.)
• Để tang (v): To observe a period of mourning.
  • Con cái phải để tang cha mẹ. (Children must observe mourning for their parents.)

Synonyms

• Mourning clothes: Attire worn during bereavement.
• Mourning attire: Formal clothing for a funeral or mourning period.
• Weeds (archaic literary): Black clothes worn in mourning.

Related Concepts

• Tang lễ (n): Funeral ceremony.
• Quốc tang (n): National mourning.