Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Orphaned: Describes a child who has lost one or both parents.
   • Parentless: Lacking parental care or support.

2. Noun:

   • Orphan: A child whose parents are dead or, in some contexts, a child who has lost one parent.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Đứa trẻ đó thật tội nghiệp vì nó đã mồ côi từ nhỏ. (That child is pitiful because he/she was orphaned from a young age.)
  • Cô bé mồ côi cha sống với mẹ. (The girl, orphaned of her father, lives with her mother.)

• Noun:

  • Nhà nước có chính sách hỗ trợ cho các trẻ em mồ côi. (The state has policies to support orphan children.)
  • Nó trở thành mồ côi sau trận dịch. (He/She became an orphan after the epidemic.)

Advanced Usage

• "mồ côi cha": orphaned of a father; having lost one's father.

  • Anh ấy mồ côi cha từ năm lên 5. (He was orphaned of his father when he was 5 years old.)

• "mồ côi mẹ": orphaned of a mother; having lost one's mother.

  • Sự mất mát lớn nhất của cô là trở nên mồ côi mẹ. (Her greatest loss was being orphaned of her mother.)

• "mồ côi cả cha lẫn mẹ": orphaned of both parents; a full orphan.

  • Đứa trẻ mồ côi cả cha lẫn mẹ được đưa vào trại trẻ mồ côi. (The child orphaned of both parents was taken to an orphanage.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mồ côi mồ cút (idiomatic/adjective): Orphaned and destitute; completely alone and without support. This phrase emphasizes a state of being both orphaned and helpless.

  • Sau chiến tranh, nhiều đứa trẻ sống trong cảnh mồ côi mồ cút. (After the war, many children lived in an orphaned and destitute state.)

• Trẻ mồ côi (compound noun): Orphan child.

  • Quỹ từ thiện này chuyên giúp đỡ trẻ mồ côi. (This charity specializes in helping orphan children.)

• Nhà trẻ mồ côi / Trại trẻ mồ côi (compound noun): Orphanage.

  • Cô ấy lớn lên trong một nhà trẻ mồ côi. (She grew up in an orphanage.)

Synonyms

• Côi cút (adjective): Lonely, solitary, often implying being orphaned or abandoned. It carries a stronger connotation of loneliness and desolation than "mồ côi".
  • Sống côi cút một mình từ nhỏ. (To live alone and solitary from childhood.)

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Mồ côi như con chim lạc đàn": As orphaned as a bird separated from its flock. This idiom describes a profound state of being alone and without family or community.

  • Sau khi gia đình ly tán, nó cảm thấy mồ côi như con chim lạc đàn. (After the family dispersed, he/she felt as orphaned as a bird separated from its flock.)

• "Sống đời mồ côi": To live an orphan's life; to live a life without parental love and care.

  • Dù đã trưởng thành, anh ấy vẫn mang cảm giác sống đời mồ côi. (Even as an adult, he still carries the feeling of living an orphan's life.)

1. to be orphaned
   • đứa trẻ mồ côi
     an orphan child