giạ

Thân thiện

Một người nông dân đang đong thóc bằng cái giạ.

Definition

Noun: A traditional unit of dry measure, historically used for grains like rice. Its capacity is approximately 40 liters or a weight of roughly 30 kilograms of grain.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nhà tôi thu hoạch được mười giạ lúa. (My family harvested ten giạ of rice.)
  • Giá thóc là bao nhiêu một giạ? (What is the price of paddy per giạ?)
  • Chiếc giạ bằng tre này đã cũ. (This bamboo giạ measure is old.)

Advanced Usage

• The is an archaic unit of measurement and is rarely used in modern commerce, though it may appear in historical contexts, literature, or conversations about traditional agriculture.
• It refers specifically to the container used for measuring as well as the unit of capacity itself.

Variants and Related Words

• Đấu: A smaller traditional unit of dry measure; one is typically equal to ten .
• Thùng: A generic word for "bucket" or "container," which can sometimes be used in a similar measuring context.

Synonyms

• Bushel: A Western unit of dry volume, often used as a rough comparative translation.
• Measure: A general term for a unit or standard of size or capacity.

Notes on Usage

• The word giạ is considered dialectal or regional. It is a noun and is not used as a verb or in other grammatical forms.
• In contemporary Vietnamese, metric units like kilogram (kg) or liter (l) are standard. Using today primarily evokes a traditional or rural setting.

Học thuật

noun

1. measure weighing about thirty kilograms of grain