tự thuật
Definition
Noun:
- Autobiography; personal account: A written or spoken narrative in which a person recounts their own life experiences, events they have witnessed, or things they have heard.
Verb (less common):
- To narrate one's own story; to give a personal account: The act of telling or writing about one's own experiences.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Cuốn tự thuật của ông ấy rất cảm động. (His autobiography is very moving.)
- Bài tự thuật trên báo mô tả chiến tranh một cách chân thực. (The personal account in the newspaper describes the war realistically.)
Verb:
- Nhân vật chính tự thuật lại cuộc đời mình. (The main character narrates his own life.)
Advanced Usage
- Often used in literary, historical, or journalistic contexts to denote a first-person narrative that is factual or based on real experience, distinct from pure fiction.
Variants and Related Words
- Hồi ký (n): Memoirs; a form of autobiographical writing focusing on specific memories and experiences.
- Tự truyện (n): Autobiography; a more modern term often used interchangeably with "tự thuật."
Synonyms
- Autobiography: A written account of a person's own life.
- Personal narrative: A story told from a personal, first-person perspective.
- First-hand account: A report based on the author's direct experience.
Related Phrases
- Văn tự thuật: Autobiographical writing/literature.
- Thể loại văn tự thuật ngày càng phổ biến. (The genre of autobiographical writing is increasingly popular.)