Definition

1. Noun:

   • Custom, practice: A long-standing habit or tradition within a society or community.
   • The mortal world; the secular world: The earthly realm, as opposed to the spiritual or immortal realm.

2. Adjective:

   • Vulgar, coarse, crude: Refers to language, behavior, or content that is socially offensive, lacking refinement, or indecent.
   • Secular, worldly: Pertaining to ordinary life and non-religious matters.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Custom):

  • Tục ăn trầu có từ lâu đời. (The custom of chewing betel is ancient.)
  • Cô ấy quyết định hoàn tục. (She decided to return to secular life.)

• Adjective (Vulgar):

  • Đừng nói tục. (Don't use vulgar language.)
  • Câu chuyện đó nghe rất tục. (That story sounds very crude.)

• Adjective (Secular):

  • Anh ấy quan tâm đến các vấn đề tục. (He is interested in worldly/secular matters.)

Advanced Usage

• "phàm tục": mundane, ordinary (often contrasting with the sacred or pure).

  • Anh ta không quan tâm đến những chuyện phàm tục. (He is not concerned with mundane matters.)

• "tục lệ": custom, convention.

  • Tục lệ địa phương này rất độc đáo. (This local custom is very unique.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tục tĩu (adj): obscene, lewd. A stronger term for vulgarity.

  • Lời nói tục tĩu bị cấm trên sóng truyền hình. (Obscene language is banned on television.)

• Tục danh (n): secular name (e.g., the name given before becoming a monk/nun).

  • Tục danh của sư thầy là Nguyễn Văn A. (The monk's secular name is Nguyen Van A.)

Synonyms

• Custom: tradition, practice, usage.
• Vulgar: crude, rude, obscene, coarse.
• Secular: worldly, earthly, profane (non-religious).

Related Idioms

• Chuyện tục: a risqué or coarse story.

  • Quán bar thường có những chuyện tục. (Bars often have coarse stories.)

• Dân gian tục ngữ: folk proverb. (Note: "tục ngữ" is a compound noun meaning "proverb," where "tục" here relates to popular, folk wisdom.)

  • Tục ngữ Việt Nam rất phong phú. (Vietnamese proverbs are very rich.)

noun

1. practice, custom

adj

1. worldly, secular vulgar, coarse