canh gà
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Definition
- Noun:
- Cockcrow: The cry of a rooster, especially the first crow at dawn that traditionally signals the approaching sunrise and the end of the night.
- A unit of time: In ancient Vietnamese timekeeping, "canh gà" referred to a specific period of the night, measured by the crows of a rooster.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nghe tiếng canh gà, biết trời sắp sáng. (Hearing the cockcrow, one knows dawn is approaching.)
- Chàng trai ra đi từ lúc canh gà thứ ba. (The young man departed at the third cockcrow of the night.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in literary, poetic, or historical contexts to evoke a traditional rural atmosphere or to measure time in an ancient way. It is not commonly used in modern daily conversation to tell time.
Variants and Related Words
- Gà gáy (v): the action of a rooster crowing.
- Con gà trống gáy vào lúc bình minh. (The rooster crows at dawn.)
Synonyms
- Dawn chorus: bird sounds at daybreak.
- Rooster's crow: the specific sound made by a rooster.
Related Idioms
- Canh gà Thọ Xương: A famous phrase from a well-known Vietnamese folk poem ("Gió đưa cành trúc la đà / Tiếng chuông Trấn Vũ, canh gà Thọ Xương") describing the characteristic sound (the cockcrow) of the Thọ Xương district, evoking a nostalgic image of old Hanoi.
- Câu thơ nhắc đến canh gà Thọ Xương rất nổi tiếng. (The verse mentioning the Thọ Xương cockcrow is very famous.)
- Cockcrow (announcing dawn)