vợ chưa cưới

Cô ấy là vợ chưa cưới của anh ấy.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Fiancée: A woman to whom a man is engaged to be married; a betrothed woman. This term specifically refers to the female partner in an engagement.
   • Future wife: A woman who is promised in marriage but not yet legally wed.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy giới thiệu cô ấy là vợ chưa cưới của mình. (He introduced her as his fiancée.)
  • Vợ chưa cưới của tôi đang lên kế hoạch cho đám cưới. (My future wife is planning the wedding.)
  • Họ đã mua nhẫn cho vợ chưa cưới của anh trai. (They bought a ring for his brother's fiancée.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is used in formal and informal contexts to denote a committed pre-marital relationship with a clear intention to marry. It carries a sense of social recognition of the impending union.

Variants and Related Words

• Chồng chưa cưới (n): fiancé; future husband.
  • Cô ấy đang đợi chồng chưa cưới từ nước ngoài trở về. (She is waiting for her fiancé to return from abroad.)

Synonyms

• Fiancée: A woman engaged to be married.
• Betrothed: A person one is engaged to (formal).
• Intended: The person one intends to marry (somewhat old-fashioned).

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct idiom with "vợ chưa cưới," the concept is related to engagement traditions.
• Ăn hỏi: to have a betrothal ceremony.
  • Sau lễ ăn hỏi, cô ấy chính thức là vợ chưa cưới. (After the betrothal ceremony, she is officially the fiancée.)