đon

Thân thiện

Bà ngoại tôi gặt từng đon lúa rất khéo léo.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small bundle or sheaf: Specifically, a traditional Vietnamese measure for harvested rice plants, equivalent to two handfuls.
   • (Zoology) Brush-tailed porcupine: A less common, specialized meaning referring to a type of rodent (genus Atherurus).

Usage Examples

• Noun (bundle):

  • Bà tôi bó lúa thành từng đon nhỏ. (My grandmother tied the rice plants into small bundles.)
  • Một đon lúa thường là hai nắm tay. (One đon of rice is typically two handfuls.)

• Noun (animal):

  • Con đon trong rừng có đuôi như cây chổi. (The brush-tailed porcupine in the forest has a tail like a broom.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "đon" is primarily used in agricultural contexts and is less common in modern daily language. Its usage as a zoological term is highly specialized.

Variants and Related Words

• Bó đon: A tied bundle of rice sheaves.
  • Những bó đon được xếp gọn trên ruộng. (The tied bundles were neatly arranged in the field.)

Synonyms

• Sheaf: A bundle of grain stalks.
• Bundle: A collection of things tied together.
• Brush-tailed porcupine: The English name for the animal .

Notes on Meaning

• The primary, most accessible meaning for learners is the agricultural one: a small bundle of harvested rice plants.
• The zoological meaning is a distinct, homographic word (same spelling, different origin and meaning) used in scientific contexts.

Học thuật

1. Two gandfuls (of rice plants after reaping)