Definition

1. Noun:
   • Swimming pool: A constructed tank or basin designed to hold water for the purpose of swimming, bathing, or aquatic recreation. It is a common facility in hotels, sports centers, parks, and private residences.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Khách sạn này có một bể bơi rất lớn. (This hotel has a very large swimming pool.)
  • Trẻ em thường đến bể bơi công cộng vào mùa hè. (Children often go to the public swimming pool in the summer.)
  • Chúng tôi dự định xây một bể bơi trong vườn. (We plan to build a swimming pool in the garden.)

Advanced Usage

• "bể bơi trong nhà": indoor swimming pool.

  • Trung tâm thể thao có bể bơi trong nhà để sử dụng quanh năm. (The sports center has an indoor swimming pool for year-round use.)

• "bể bơi thi đấu": competition swimming pool; pool for races.

  • Vận động viên đang tập luyện tại bể bơi thi đấu chuẩn Olympic. (The athlete is training at an Olympic-standard competition pool.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hồ bơi (n): This is a common synonym for "bể bơi" in Southern Vietnamese dialects, also meaning "swimming pool".

  • Hồ bơi này rất sạch sẽ. (This swimming pool is very clean.)

• Bể (n): A general term for a tank, basin, or pond. "Bể bơi" is a compound where "bể" specifies the container and "bơi" specifies its purpose (for swimming).

  • bể cá (fish tank), bể nước (water tank).

Synonyms

• Swimming pool (English equivalent): The direct and most common translation.
• Piscine (French loanword used in some contexts, as seen in the reference): A less common synonym in Vietnamese, directly borrowed from French.

Related Phrases

• Xuống bể bơi: To go into/get into the swimming pool.

  • Trời nóng, chúng ta nên xuống bể bơi. (It's hot, we should get into the swimming pool.)

• Bơi ở bể bơi: To swim in a/the swimming pool.

  • Anh ấy thích bơi ở bể bơi hơn là ở biển. (He prefers swimming in a swimming pool rather than in the sea.)

Related Idioms

(Note: "Bể bơi" itself is a concrete noun and is not typically used in idiomatic expressions. Idioms would more commonly use the root word "bể" in a figurative sense.) - Cạn bể dâu: (Idiom using "bể") Literally "the mulberry field has dried up to become a sea", meaning great changes over time (vicissitudes). - Cuộc đời nhiều lúc cạn bể dâu. (Life often has its great vicissitudes.) [This idiom does not relate to "bể bơi" but is included to show the figurative use of the root word "bể".]

noun

1. Swimming pool