Definition

1. Verb:
   • To lose one's life; to die: Refers specifically to dying, often in a sudden, accidental, violent, or tragic context, such as in an accident, disaster, or conflict. It implies a death that is untimely, wrongful, or wasteful.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Vụ tai nạn giao thông làm ba người thiệt mạng. (The traffic accident caused three people to lose their lives.)
  • Hàng trăm binh lính đã thiệt mạng trong trận chiến. (Hundreds of soldiers died in the battle.)
  • Không ai thiệt mạng trong vụ hỏa hoạn. (No one died in the fire.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "thiệt mạng" is almost exclusively used in formal or journalistic contexts, such as news reports, official statements, or legal documents, to report deaths. It carries a tone of gravity and often emphasizes the tragic or involuntary nature of the death.

Variants and Related Words

• Tử vong (v): to succumb; to die (a more general and clinical term, common in medical and official reports).
  • Bệnh nhân tử vong sau ca phẫu thuật. (The patient died after the surgery.)
• Qua đời (v): to pass away (a gentler, more respectful term for death).
  • Cụ ông đã qua đời tại nhà riêng. (The old man passed away at his home.)
• Hi sinh (v): to sacrifice oneself; to die for a cause (implies nobility and purpose).
  • Người lính đã hi sinh vì Tổ quốc. (The soldier sacrificed himself for the Fatherland.)

Synonyms

• Perish: to die, especially in a tragic or violent way.
• Be killed: to have one's life taken.
• Die: to stop living.

Related Idioms

• "Thiệt mạng oan uổng": to die a wrongful or unjust death.
  • Nạn nhân thiệt mạng oan uổng vì sự cố kỹ thuật. (The victim died a wrongful death due to a technical failure.)

verb

1. to lose one's life, die