Definition

Noun: - Salt marsh; salt pan; saltern: An area of coastal land that is regularly flooded by seawater and is used for the production of salt through natural evaporation. This is an old or archaic term.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người dân vùng ven biển khai thác muối từ các diêm điền. (Coastal residents harvest salt from the salt marshes.)
  • Diêm điền là một hình thức sản xuất muối truyền thống. (Salt pans are a traditional form of salt production.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is considered old-fashioned (cũ/arch.) in modern Vietnamese. In contemporary contexts, terms like ruộng muối (salt field) or đầm muối (salt pond) are more commonly used to describe similar concepts.

Variants and Related Words

• Điền (field, farmland): A common root in words related to cultivated land.
• Diêm (salt): An old Sino-Vietnamese root for "salt," also seen in diêm sinh (sulfur) and diêm tiêu (saltpeter/niter).
• Ruộng muối (n): Salt field. The modern, more common term.
• Đầm muối (n): Salt pond; salt evaporation pond.

Synonyms

• Ruộng muối (salt field)
• Đầm muối (salt pond)
• Cánh đồng muối (salt flat)

Notes on Meaning

• The term specifically refers to land or shallow ponds used for salt production, not just any marshland. It implies human use and management for salt harvesting.
• As an archaic term, it is primarily found in historical, literary, or specialized texts rather than everyday conversation.

1. (cũ) Salt marsh