thờ phụng
Definition
- Verb:
- To worship: To show profound religious devotion and reverence to a deity, god, or sacred object through rituals, prayers, and offerings.
- To venerate / To revere: To honor and treat someone, such as an ancestor or parent, with the utmost respect, devotion, and dutiful care.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Người dân thờ phụng các vị thần trong ngôi đền cổ. (The people worship the gods in the ancient temple.)
- Con cái có bổn phận thờ phụng cha mẹ. (Children have the duty to venerate their parents.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often implies a sustained, solemn, and ritualistic form of honor. It is stronger and more formal than simple respect ("kính trọng").
- "thờ phụng tổ tiên": to worship ancestors; a key concept in Vietnamese culture involving rituals to honor deceased family members.
- Việc thờ phụng tổ tiên là một truyền thống quan trọng. (Ancestor worship is an important tradition.)
Variants and Related Words
Thờ cúng (v): to worship, to practice rites (often used interchangeably with "thờ phụng" but can be slightly broader for ritual practices).
- Gia đình thờ cúng ông bà trên bàn thờ. (The family worships their grandparents at the altar.)
Sùng bái (v): to adore, to idolize (can be used for religious worship or extreme admiration for a person).
- Họ sùng bái vị lãnh tụ đó. (They idolize that leader.)
Synonyms
- Worship: To show religious devotion.
- Venerate: To regard with great respect.
- Revere: To feel deep respect or admiration.
- Honor: To regard with high respect.
Related Idioms
- While "thờ phụng" itself is not typically part of idioms, the concept is central to phrases like:
- "Kính trên nhường dưới": Respect those above, yield to those below (a principle related to the attitude of veneration within a family or society).