Definition

1. Noun:

   • Mourning; Bereavement: The period or state of grief following the death of a close person. It also refers to the formal expression of this grief.
   • Funeral: The ceremony held for a deceased person.
   • Evidence; Proof of a crime: An object or item that serves as material evidence or proof of a wrongdoing.

2. Noun (technical):

   • Drum shell: The body or resonating chamber of a drum.
   • Tangent (mathematics): The trigonometric function, the ratio of the sine to the cosine of an angle.

3. Noun (colloquial, often derogatory):

   • Guy; Fellow; Individual: Used to refer to a person, often with a dismissive or negative connotation.
   • Lot; Batch: A quantity or group of items, especially of a commodity.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Mourning/Funeral):

  • Gia đình anh ấy đang có tang. (His family is in mourning.)
  • Đám tang được tổ chức trang trọng. (The funeral was held solemnly.)
  • Họ để tang trong vòng ba năm. (They observed mourning for three years.)

• Noun (Evidence):

  • Cảnh sát đã thu giữ vật làm tang. (The police seized the item as evidence.)

• Noun (Technical):

  • Cái trống này, tang đã bị nứt. (On this drum, the shell is cracked.)
  • Giá trị của tang góc 45 độ là 1. (The value of the tangent of a 45-degree angle is 1.)

• Noun (Colloquial):

  • Tang đó là một kẻ vô lại. (That guy is a scoundrel.)
  • Cái tang thóc này chất lượng rất tốt. (This lot of paddy is of very good quality.)

Advanced Usage

• "Vật làm tang": Physical evidence, corpus delicti.

  • Dao găm chính là vật làm tang trong vụ án. (The dagger was the key piece of evidence in the case.)

• "Để tang": To be in mourning; to wear mourning clothes.

  • Bà ấy mặc đồ trắng để tang chồng. (She wears white to mourn her husband.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đám tang (n): Funeral procession, funeral ceremony.

  • Đám tang của ông cụ có rất đông người tham dự. (The old man's funeral was attended by a large crowd.)

• Khăn tang / Băng tang (n): Mourning band/armband; mourning veil.

  • Các con trai ông ấy đều đội khăn tang. (His sons all wore mourning headbands.)

• Quần áo tang (n): Mourning clothes.

  • Theo truyền thống, quần áo tang thường có màu trắng hoặc đen. (Traditionally, mourning clothes are often white or black.)

Synonyms

• Mourning: sorrow, grief, bereavement.
• Funeral: burial, obsequies.
• Evidence: proof, exhibit.

Related Idioms

• "Tang gia bối rối": A state of confusion and disorder in a bereaved household (from the title of a famous Vietnamese story).

  • Căn nhà lúc đó thực sự là cảnh tang gia bối rối. (The house was truly in a state of chaotic mourning.)

• "Trống thủng còn tang" (proverb): Literally "the drumhead is torn but the shell remains." Means the essential foundation or core still exists despite superficial damage.

  • Công ty tuy khó khăn nhưng trống thủng còn tang, vẫn có cơ hội phục hồi. (Although the company is in trouble, the core remains, so there is still a chance for recovery.)

noun

1. mourning, death. funeral