Definition

1. Noun:
   • A funeral: A ceremony or service held to honor and remember a deceased person, typically before burial or cremation. This is the primary and most common meaning.
   • A funeral procession: The specific part of the funeral involving the movement of the coffin and mourners to the burial or cremation site.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Gia đình anh ấy đang tổ chức một đám tang rất trang trọng. (His family is holding a very solemn funeral.)
  • Cả làng đều đến tham dự đám tang của cụ già. (The whole village attended the old man's funeral.)
  • Đoàn xe trong đám tang di chuyển rất chậm rãi. (The vehicle procession in the funeral moved very slowly.)

Advanced Usage

• "tổ chức đám tang": to hold/organize a funeral.

  • Họ sẽ tổ chức đám tang vào thứ Bảy tới. (They will hold the funeral next Saturday.)

• "tham dự/đi đám tang": to attend/go to a funeral.

  • Anh ấy mặc vest đen để đi đám tang. (He wore a black suit to go to the funeral.)

• "đám tang trọng thể/trang nghiêm": a solemn/formal funeral.

  • Một đám tang trang nghiêm đã được cử hành tại nhà thờ. (A solemn funeral was conducted at the church.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đám ma (n): A synonym for "đám tang," used interchangeably in most contexts, though "đám tang" can sound slightly more formal.

  • "Đám ma" is also commonly used to mean "funeral."

• Lễ tang (n): Funeral rites; the ceremonial aspect of a funeral. It emphasizes the ritualistic and formal procedures.

  • Lễ tang được cử hành theo nghi thức truyền thống. (The funeral rites were conducted according to traditional rituals.)

• Tang lễ (n): A more formal term for funeral ceremonies or obsequies.

  • Tang lễ của ông ấy được tổ chức rất chu đáo. (His funeral obsequies were arranged very thoroughly.)

Synonyms

• Lễ an táng: Burial service.
• Lễ truy điệu: Memorial service (often held separately from the main funeral).

Related Phrases

• Đưa tang: To accompany the funeral procession; to follow the coffin to the gravesite.

  • Hàng trăm người đã đến để đưa tang ông ấy. (Hundreds of people came to follow his funeral procession.)

• Hỏa táng / Hỏa thiêu: Cremation (a method of body disposition, not the ceremony itself).

  • Theo di nguyện, đám tang sẽ kết thúc bằng việc hỏa táng. (According to his will, the funeral will conclude with cremation.)

Related Idioms

• "Tang gia bối rối": (The family in mourning is in disarray). An idiom describing the confused, busy, and sorrowful state of a household after a death, during the funeral preparations.
  • Sau khi cụ mất, cả nhà tang gia bối rối. (After the elder passed away, the whole family was in the disarray of mourning.)

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