Definition

1. Verb:
   • To remarry (specifically of a widow): The primary meaning refers to a widow marrying a new husband.
   • To transplant rice seedlings again: An agricultural term meaning to replant rice seedlings after the first planting has failed.

Usage Examples

• Verb (To remarry):

  • Sau nhiều năm ở vậy, bà ấy quyết định tái giá. (After many years of widowhood, she decided to remarry.)
  • Theo quan niệm xưa, một người phụ nữ tái giá có thể bị xã hội xem thường. (According to old beliefs, a woman who remarried could be looked down upon by society.)

• Verb (To transplant rice again):

  • Vụ lúa này bị sâu phá hoại nặng, chúng tôi phải tái giá toàn bộ. (This rice crop was heavily damaged by pests, we had to replant the entire field.)
  • Công việc tái giá đòi hỏi rất nhiều công sức. (The work of replanting rice requires a lot of effort.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "tái giá" carries historical and cultural weight. Its most common usage pertains to a widow's remarriage, which was a significant and often scrutinized social event in traditional Vietnamese society.
• In modern, neutral contexts, the phrase "kết hôn lần nữa" (to marry again) is often preferred over "tái giá" to describe remarriage without the specific connotation of widowhood.

Variants and Related Words

• Đi bước nữa (idiomatic verb phrase): A common, slightly euphemistic way to say "to remarry" (for a woman). It literally means "to take another step."
  • Chị ấy đã đi bước nữa và hiện rất hạnh phúc. (She has remarried and is now very happy.)
• Lấy chồng mới (verb phrase): To take a new husband.
  • Bà ấy không có ý định lấy chồng mới. (She has no intention of taking a new husband.)

Synonyms

• Tái hôn (verb): To remarry. This is a more formal, general, and modern term that can apply to any divorced or widowed person remarrying.
  • Sau khi ly dị, ông ta đã tái hôn. (After divorcing, he remarried.)

Notes on Meaning

• The primary and most culturally specific meaning of "tái giá" is the remarriage of a widow. Its application to a divorced woman remarrying is less traditional.
• The agricultural meaning, while valid, is technical and less common in everyday language compared to the social meaning.

verb

1. to remarry