đồng tuế

Hai đứa trẻ đồng tuế chơi đá cầu trong công viên.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Of the same age: Describing two or more people who were born in the same year or who share an identical age. This term is formal and literary, often used in written contexts.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Họ là hai người bạn đồng tuế. (They are two friends of the same age.)
  • Việc tìm được một người đồng tuế trong lớp là hiếm. (Finding someone of the same age in the class is rare.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "đồng tuế" is considered formal and is not commonly used in everyday spoken Vietnamese. It is more likely to be encountered in literary works, historical contexts, or formal writing.

Variants and Related Words

• Cùng tuổi (adj): This is the standard, everyday phrase meaning "the same age."

  • Chúng tôi cùng tuổi. (We are the same age.)

• Bằng tuổi (adj): Another common synonym for "the same age."

  • Anh ấy bằng tuổi tôi. (He is the same age as me.)

Synonyms

• Of the same age: Sharing an identical number of years since birth.
• Coeval: (Formal) Having the same age or date of origin.

Related Idioms

• Đồng niên: A synonymous, literary term also meaning "of the same year/age."
  • Họ kết nghĩa đồng niên. (They swore an oath as same-age brothers.)