Definition

1. 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.)