Definition

1. Noun:
   • Hamlets and sub-hamlets; a cluster of neighboring houses or small settlements: Refers to a small, often rural, community or group of dwellings that are close together, forming a neighborhood smaller than a formal village. It emphasizes the concept of a close-knit, local residential area.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mọi người trong chòm xóm đều biết nhau. (Everyone in the hamlet knows each other.)
  • Tiếng trẻ con nô đùa vang khắp cả chòm xóm. (The sound of children playing echoes throughout the neighborhood.)
  • Chòm xóm bên kia đồi rất yên tĩnh. (The cluster of houses over the hill is very peaceful.)

Advanced Usage

• "chòm xóm láng giềng": neighboring hamlets; the immediate neighborhood.
  • Tình làng nghĩa xóm và chòm xóm láng giềng rất quan trọng ở nông thôn. (Village sentiment and neighboring hamlets are very important in the countryside.)

Variants and Related Words

• Xóm (n): hamlet, small village lane. A more common and slightly broader term than "chòm xóm."
  • Xóm tôi có một cái giếng cổ. (My hamlet has an ancient well.)
• Làng xóm (n): villages and hamlets; the rural community.
  • Phong tục làng xóm (Village customs)

Synonyms

• Bản (n): village (often used for ethnic minority communities in mountainous regions).
• Thôn (n): village, hamlet (a common administrative unit in rural areas).

Related Phrases

• Trên dưới chòm xóm: The entire neighborhood; all the neighbors in the hamlet.
  • Tin đó loan truyền trên dưới chòm xóm rất nhanh. (That news spread very quickly throughout the entire neighborhood.)

Related Idioms

• "Chòm trên xóm dưới": The hamlet above and the hamlet below; the whole surrounding area. Used to refer to all the neighbors in the vicinity.
  • Việc nhà ấy chòm trên xóm dưới đều biết. (That family matter is known by the whole neighborhood.)

1. Hamlet and sub-hamlet