Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small dike or low earthen ridge: Specifically refers to the small embankments or low ridges of earth that surround and separate individual plots or parcels in a rice field.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nông dân đang sửa lại những bờ khoảnh trước mùa vụ mới. (The farmers are repairing the small field dikes before the new crop season.)
  • Con cò đậu trên bờ khoảnh để tìm cá. (The stork perched on the paddy ridge to look for fish.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is highly specific to the context of wet-rice agriculture and rural landscapes. It is not commonly used in abstract or metaphorical contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Bờ ruộng (n): A more general term for a field dike or the raised edge of a rice paddy.
• Khoảnh ruộng (n): A small, defined plot or parcel of rice field, often bordered by .

Synonyms

• Mép ruộng: The edge or border of a field.
• Bờ vùng: A larger dike surrounding a group of fields or a paddy area.

Notes on Meaning

• The term is a compound noun formed from "bờ" (shore, bank, edge) and "khoảnh" (a plot, a parcel of land). Its meaning is precise and concrete, referring to the physical infrastructure of traditional rice cultivation. It does not have other figurative meanings.