Definition

1. Noun:
   • Summer rice; fifth-month rice: "Gạo chiêm" refers to rice harvested from the "lúa chiêm" crop, which is the summer-autumn rice crop, typically sown in the spring and harvested around the fifth lunar month (approximately June-July). This rice is often characterized by its shorter grain and distinct texture compared to winter-spring rice.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Gạo chiêm thường dẻo hơn gạo mùa. (Summer rice is often stickier than winter rice.)
  • Ở miền Bắc, vụ chiêm là vụ lúa chính. (In the North, the summer crop is the main rice season.)
  • Bà ngoại tôi vẫn thích nấu cơm bằng gạo chiêm cũ. (My grandmother still prefers to cook with old summer rice.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "chiêm" itself originates from "Chiêm Thành" (Champa), reflecting historical agricultural exchanges. The phrase "lúa chiêm" (summer rice crop) is more commonly used than "gạo chiêm" when discussing agriculture.
  • Canh tác lúa chiêm đòi hỏi nhiều nước tưới. (Cultivating the summer rice crop requires a lot of irrigation.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lúa chiêm (n): The summer rice plant or crop.
  • Đồng lúa chiêm đang thì con gái. (The summer rice field is in its tillering stage.)
• Vụ chiêm (n): The summer rice cropping season.
  • Vụ chiêm thường bắt đầu vào cuối xuân. (The summer crop usually starts in late spring.)
• Gạo mùa (n): Winter rice; rice from the autumn-winter crop, harvested later in the year.

Synonyms

• Gạo hè thu: Summer-autumn rice (a more modern agricultural term).
• Lúa hè thu: Summer-autumn rice crop.

Related Phrases

• Một vụ chiêm, một vụ mùa: Refers to the traditional double-cropping system in northern Vietnam: one summer crop and one winter crop.
  • Nông dân ở đây quen với nhịp một vụ chiêm, một vụ mùa. (Farmers here are accustomed to the rhythm of one summer crop and one winter crop.)