Definition

1. Noun:
   • Stage, segment, leg: A section or portion into which a long journey, route, or process is divided for convenience, such as for planning rest stops or organizing progress.
   • Halt, stopover: A designated stopping point during a journey.
   • Hop (aviation): A single, continuous flight segment between two landing points, especially in a longer air itinerary.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con đường chia thành mấy chặng. (The route was divided into several stages/legs.)
  • Bố trí nhiều chặng nghỉ trên đường hành quân. (To set up many halts/rest stops on the march.)
  • Bay từ Hà Nội đến Berlin qua ba chặng. (To fly from Hanoi to Berlin in three hops.)
  • Cuộc đua xe đạp Tour de France có nhiều chặng đua khác nhau. (The Tour de France cycling race has many different stages.)

Advanced Usage

• "chặng đường": This common compound specifically means a "leg of a journey" or a "stage of a path/road," often used metaphorically for phases in life or a process.
  • Chặng đường đời còn nhiều gian nan. (The journey/stage of life still holds many hardships.)
• "nghỉ chặng" / "chặng nghỉ": Refers to a rest stop or a break taken at a designated point along the way.
  • Xe khách sẽ có một chặng nghỉ ngắn cho hành khách ăn trưa. (The coach will have a short halt for passengers to have lunch.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chặng is primarily used as a noun. There are no direct verb or adjective forms. Related compounds specify the type of stage:
  • Chặng đua (n): Race stage/leg.
  • Chặng bay (n): Flight leg/hop.
  • Chặng đường (n): Journey leg/stage; life phase.

Synonyms

• Đoạn: Section, segment (more general, can apply to text, road, time).
• Giai đoạn: Phase, period (often for time or process).
• Điểm dừng: Stopping point.

Related Phrases

• Hết chặng này đến chặng khác: From one stage to the next; continuously through various phases.
  • Công việc cứ hết chặng này đến chặng khác. (The work just goes from one stage to the next.)
• Chia thành từng chặng: To divide into stages/legs.
  • Chúng tôi chia chuyến đi dài thành từng chặng nhỏ. (We divided the long trip into small stages.)

noun

1. Stage, halt; hop (đường bay)
   • con đường chia thành mấy chặng
     the route was divided into several stages
   • bố trí nhiều chặng nghỉ trên đường hành quân
     to set up many halts on the march
   • chặng ăn
     an eating stage
   • chặng ngủ
     a sleeping stage
   • bay từ Hà Nội đến Berlin qua ba chặng
     to fly from Hanoi to Berlin in three hops