mồ côi

Thân thiện

Một em bé mồ côi sống trong một ngôi nhà tình thương.

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.)

Học thuật

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