Definition

1. Noun:
   • Wharf, pier, dock: A structure built along the shore or out into the water where ships can moor to load and unload cargo or passengers.
   • Minor port, small port: A small harbor or port facility.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con tàu đang cập vào bến tàu để dỡ hàng. (The ship is docking at the wharf to unload cargo.)
  • Chúng tôi đứng chờ ở bến tàu để đón người thân. (We waited at the pier to welcome our relatives.)
  • Thị trấn này có một bến tàu nhỏ phục vụ ngư dân. (This town has a small port serving fishermen.)

Advanced Usage

• "bến tàu điện ngầm": This is a compound term meaning "subway/metro station." It uses "bến tàu" metaphorically, comparing the station to a dock for trains.
  • Tôi gặp cô ấy ở bến tàu điện ngầm. (I met her at the subway station.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bến (noun): A landing place, terminal, or station (e.g., - bus station, - ferry landing).
• Cảng (noun): Port, harbor (generally larger and more complex than a ).
• Cầu tàu (noun): Pier, jetty (specifically a walkway structure).
• Bến cảng (noun): Port area, dock area.

Synonyms

• Bến (for ships/boats): landing, dock.
• Cầu tàu: pier, jetty.
• Cảng nhỏ: minor port, small harbor.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "Bến tàu" is sometimes used poetically or metaphorically to signify a place of arrival, departure, or waiting.
  • Trái tim em là bến tàu... (My heart is a harbor...) – from a famous song lyric.

noun

1. Wharf
2. Minor port