giỗ đầu
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Meaning · English
First death anniversary
Literally: first anniversary of death
Examples
Gia đình tôi sẽ tổ chức giỗ đầu cho ông nội vào tuần sauMy family will hold the first death anniversary ceremony for my grandfather next week
AI-drafted example auto-approved by rule (illustrative, not a corpus attestation)
Sources & notes
Headword listed in the vdict.com Vietnamese-English dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-14; pending editor spot-check.
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Common questions
What does “giỗ đầu” mean?
First death anniversary Literally: first anniversary of death
Is “giỗ đầu” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.
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