vong
Definition
- Noun (rare, literary):
- A departed soul; a ghost; a spirit: The word "vong" is a rare, abbreviated form of "vong hồn," referring to the soul of a deceased person.
- The deceased: Can refer to a dead person in a respectful or spiritual context.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Theo tín ngưỡng, các vong cần được cúng bái. (According to belief, departed spirits need to be worshipped.)
- Nơi đây yên nghỉ của các vong tử trận. (Here lies the deceased who fell in battle.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily found in formal, literary, or spiritual/religious contexts. In everyday modern Vietnamese, the full form "vong hồn" or other words like "ma," "hồn," or "linh hồn" are more commonly used.
Variants and Related Words
Vong hồn (n): Departed soul; spirit. This is the full, more standard form.
- Cầu nguyện cho các vong hồn được siêu thoát. (Pray for the departed souls to be liberated.)
Vong linh (n): Spirit of the dead; often used in ancestor worship.
- Bàn thờ để tưởng nhớ vong linh tổ tiên. (The altar is to remember the spirits of ancestors.)
Synonyms
- Ghost: A spirit of a dead person.
- Spirit: The non-physical part of a person.
- Soul: The spiritual essence of a person.
- The deceased: A dead person or people.
Related Idioms
Vong mạng (v): To die, to perish (formal/literary).
- Nhiều binh sĩ đã vong mạng trong trận chiến. (Many soldiers perished in the battle.)
Vong quốc: The loss of a nation; a fallen state.
- Câu chuyện về một vị vua của nước vong quốc. (The story of a king of a fallen nation.)