vô tự
Definition
- Adjective:
- Without heirs; heirless: Describes a person who has no children or direct descendants to inherit their property or continue their lineage. This term is often used in legal and formal contexts regarding inheritance.
- Without an inheritor: Refers to property or an estate for which there is no legal heir to claim ownership.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Người cụ ông sống một mình và chết trong cảnh vô tự. (The old man lived alone and died heirless.)
- Căn nhà đó trở thành tài sản vô tự. (That house became property without an inheritor.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily used in formal, legal, or literary contexts to discuss matters of inheritance, lineage, and legacy. It carries a connotation of finality and the end of a family line.
Variants and Related Words
- Tuyệt tự (adj): This is a stronger, more absolute synonym meaning "to have one's lineage cut off" or "to be without progeny."
- Dòng họ đó có nguy cơ tuyệt tự. (That clan is at risk of having its lineage cut off.)
Synonyms
- Heirless: Having no legal heir.
- Without issue: A legal term meaning without children or descendants.
Related Idioms
- Chết vô tự: To die without heirs.
- Lo sợ chết vô tự, ông ấy đã nhận một người con nuôi. (Fearing he would die without heirs, he adopted a child.)