tang sự
Definition
- Noun:
- A funeral matter / A funeral affair: Refers to the event, proceedings, or business related to a funeral or mourning period.
- A bereavement: Denotes the state or occasion of mourning after a death.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Gia đình anh ấy đang có tang sự. (His family is having a funeral / is in mourning.)
- Mọi người đến chia buồn vì tang sự. (People came to offer condolences for the bereavement.)
- Ông ấy vắng mặt vì tang sự. (He is absent due to a funeral matter.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is formal and is used to refer to the situation or the series of events surrounding a death, often as a reason for absence or for behavior governed by mourning customs.
Variants and Related Words
Đám tang (n): the funeral ceremony itself.
- Đám tang sẽ được tổ chức vào sáng mai. (The funeral will be held tomorrow morning.)
Việc tang (n): funeral affairs (a more general synonym).
- Ông ấy phải lo mọi việc tang. (He has to handle all the funeral affairs.)
Synonyms
- Funeral affairs: Matters pertaining to a funeral.
- Bereavement: A period of mourning after a death.
- Mourning: The expression of sorrow for someone's death.
Related Idioms
Có tang: to be in mourning (often used with 'tang sự').
- Nhà nó đang có tang nên rất buồn. (His household is in mourning, so it is very sad.)
Việc hiếu, việc hỉ: wedding and funeral matters (a common paired phrase where "việc hiếu" refers to funeral matters).
- Anh ấy phải tham dự cả việc hiếu lẫn việc hỉ. (He has to attend both funeral and wedding matters.)