Definition

1. Noun:
   • A rice-processing tool: "giần sàng" refers to a traditional tool or set of tools used to process harvested rice, specifically to separate the rice grains from the husks and bran.
   • The rice-processing trade: "giần sàng" can also refer to the traditional occupation or trade of processing rice.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người nông dân dùng giần sàng để làm ra hạt gạo trắng. (The farmer uses a giần sàng to produce white rice grains.)
  • Nghề giần sàng ngày xưa rất vất vả. (The giần sàng trade was very hard work in the old days.)

Advanced Usage

• "công việc giần sàng": the work of rice processing.
  • Công việc giần sàng đòi hỏi sự kiên nhẫn và sức khỏe. (The work of giần sàng requires patience and strength.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giần (verb): to winnow or sift (rice) using a flat basket to separate the chaff.
• Sàng (verb): to sift or sieve (rice) using a sieve with a mesh to separate by size.
• Cối xay (noun): a millstone, for grinding.
• Cối giã (noun): a mortar and pestle, for pounding.

Synonyms

• Dụng cụ xay xát: milling tools.
• Đồ hàng xáo: a collective term for rice-processing tools and the trade.

Notes on Meaning

• "Giần sàng" is a compound noun formed from two separate actions: "giần" (winnowing) and "sàng" (sieving). Together, they represent the complete, traditional process of turning harvested rice into edible grain. It often symbolizes traditional, manual labor and rural life.