Definition

1. Adverb:
   • All one's life, lifelong, for life: Indicates the entire duration of a person's life, from beginning to end. It describes an action, state, or commitment that lasts for a lifetime.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Ông ấy suốt đời tận tụy với sự nghiệp giáo dục. (He devoted his entire life to the cause of education.)
  • Bà đã suốt đời sống ở ngôi làng nhỏ này. (She lived in this small village all her life.)
  • Lời hứa đó có giá trị suốt đời. (That promise is valid for life.)

Advanced Usage

• "suốt đời" as an adverbial phrase of time: It is often used to modify verbs, emphasizing the permanence or enduring nature of an action or state.
  • Họ đã suốt đời gắn bó với nhau. (They have been attached to each other for their whole lives.)
• Used in formal pledges, oaths, or profound statements about dedication.
  • Suốt đời trung thành với lý tưởng. (To be loyal to the ideal for life.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cả đời (adv): A more colloquial synonym with the same meaning (all one's life).
  • Anh ấy làm nghề này cả đời rồi. (He has done this job all his life.)
• Trọn đời (adv): Carries a similar meaning, often with a nuance of completeness or fulfillment throughout life.
  • Lời thề trọn đời. (A lifelong vow.)
• Mãi mãi (adv): Forever, eternally. While similar, "mãi mãi" can extend beyond a single lifetime and is less specific to a human lifespan.

Synonyms

• For life: For the duration of one's life.
• Lifelong: Lasting or continuing through one's life.
• All one's life: Throughout the entirety of one's existence.

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Suốt đời suốt kiếp: An intensified form meaning for this life and all future existences (lifetimes), emphasizing an extremely long, often arduous duration.
  • Làm lụng vất vả suốt đời suốt kiếp. (To toil hard for this life and beyond.)
• Gian khổ suốt đời: To endure hardship for a lifetime.
  • Người nông dân ấy đã gian khổ suốt đời. (That farmer endured hardship all his life.)

adv

1. all one's life