Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small stream, a watercourse: "duềnh" refers to a small, flowing body of water, such as a stream or brook. This is an archaic or literary term.
   • A stretch of water, a river section: It can also denote a specific section or stretch of a river or larger water body.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con duềnh nhỏ chảy quanh làng. (A small stream flows around the village.)
  • Thuyền bè tấp nập trên khúc duềnh. (Boats are bustling on that stretch of the river.)

Advanced Usage

• "duềnh nước": a stretch of water.

  • Trăng sáng soi bóng trên duềnh nước yên tĩnh. (The bright moon reflects on the calm stretch of water.)

• "khúc duềnh": a bend or section of a river.

  • Khúc duềnh này nước chảy rất xiết. (The water flows very swiftly in this river section.)

Variants and Related Words

• Doành: A variant pronunciation and spelling of "duềnh" with the same meaning.
  • Tiếng địa phương thường nói "con doành" thay vì "con duềnh". (The local dialect often says "con doành" instead of "con duềnh".)

Synonyms

• Con lạch: a small canal or channel (often man-made or a natural tributary).
• Khúc sông: a section of a river.
• Dòng suối: a stream.

Related Phrases

• "Duềnh lên": (archaic/poetic) for the water level in a stream or section to rise.

  • Mưa lớn khiến duềnh lên nhanh chóng. (Heavy rain caused the stream to rise quickly.)

• "Duềnh xuống": (archaic/poetic) for the water level to recede.

  • Mùa khô, nước duềnh xuống thấp. (In the dry season, the water in the stream recedes.)

Related Idioms

• "Lặn ngụp trong duềnh": (literary) to immerse or dive in a stream; metaphorically, to be deeply involved in a situation.
  • Nhà văn ấy đã lặn ngụp trong duềnh đời sống dân gian để sáng tác. (That writer immersed himself in the stream of folk life to create his works.)