Definition

Noun: 1. Ferry landing; ferry dock; ferry pier: A designated place along a riverbank or shore where a ferry boat regularly stops to pick up and drop off passengers and goods. 2. Ferry terminal; ferry station: A simple port or station specifically for ferry services, often a basic structure or natural landing point.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng tôi chờ khách ở bến đò. (We wait for passengers at the ferry landing.)
  • Bến đò cũ giờ đã được xây mới. (The old ferry dock has now been rebuilt.)
  • Từ bến đò, bạn có thể nhìn thấy ngôi làng bên kia sông. (From the ferry terminal, you can see the village on the other side of the river.)

Advanced Usage

• "bến đò ngang": A crossing ferry landing, specifically for ferries that go directly across a river.
  • Bến đò ngang đông đúc vào giờ tan chợ. (The crossing ferry landing is crowded at market closing time.)
• "dạt vào bến đò": To drift to or take refuge at a ferry landing (often used metaphorically).
  • Con thuyền nhỏ dạt vào bến đò tránh bão. (The small boat drifted to the ferry dock to avoid the storm.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bến (noun): Wharf, pier, port, landing. A general term for a landing place for boats.
• Bến tàu (noun): Ship wharf, pier. Typically for larger vessels.
• Bến xe (noun): Bus station, coach station. The land-based equivalent.
• Đò (noun): Ferry boat, small passenger boat.
• Bến phà (noun): Ferry terminal. Often implies a larger or vehicular ferry service.

Synonyms

• Bến thuyền: Boat landing.
• Bến sông: River landing.
• Nơi đỗ đò: Ferry stop.

Related Phrases (if applicable)

(This word is a compound noun itself and does not typically form phrasal verbs. The related phrases are idiomatic uses.)

Related Idioms

• "Bến đò, bến cũ": The old ferry landing. Often evokes nostalgia for a familiar, unchanged place.
  • Trở về quê, tôi lại tìm đến bến đò, bến cũ. (Returning home, I went back to the old ferry landing, the familiar dock.)
• "Bến đợi thuyền, thuyền trông bến": The landing waits for the boat, the boat looks for the landing. Describes mutual longing or a destined connection.
  • Tình cảm của họ như bến đợi thuyền, thuyền trông bến. (Their affection is like the landing waiting for the boat, the boat looking for the landing.)

noun

1. port; station