Definition

Verb: - To deflower; to take someone's virginity: The act of having sexual intercourse with someone for the first time, specifically causing them to lose their virginity. This term is almost exclusively used for females.

Usage

• This term is considered direct, clinical, and somewhat archaic or literary in modern Vietnamese. It is rarely used in polite or everyday conversation.
• It is typically used in a factual or descriptive context, often in historical, literary, or legal settings, rather than in casual speech.

Examples

• (The story is about a man who deflowered the girl and then left.)
• (In some ancient societies, deflowering had its own rituals.)

Advanced Usage / Notes

• The term carries a connotation of an act performed someone, often implying a lack of agency for the female subject. It is an older term that reflects traditional views on sexuality and virginity.
• In contemporary Vietnamese, phrases like "lần đầu quan hệ tình dục" (to have sexual intercourse for the first time) are more neutral and common.

Variants and Related Words

• Phá trinh: This is the more common and standard synonym for "phá tân". The meanings are identical. "Phá tân" is essentially a variant of "phá trinh".
  • Hắn ta bị buộc tội vì hành vi phá trinh một thiếu nữ. (He was charged with deflowering a young woman.)

Synonyms

• Cướp đi sự trinh trắng: (Idiomatic) To take away someone's chastity.
• Làm mất trinh: To cause the loss of virginity. (More direct and colloquial than "phá tân").

Antonyms / Contrasting Concepts

• Giữ gìn trinh tiết: To preserve one's virginity/chastity.
• Trong trắng: Pure; chaste.

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