Definition

1. Noun:
   • The north wind / The north-easterly wind: A cold, dry wind originating from the north or north-east, characteristic of the winter season in Vietnam.
   • The winter wind: More generally, it refers to the cold wind that blows during the winter months.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời bắt đầu trở lạnh với những cơn gió bấc. (The weather began to turn cold with the north winds.)
  • Mùa đông ở miền Bắc không thể thiếu gió bấc. (Winter in the North is inseparable from the north-easterly wind.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "gió bấc" is deeply embedded in Vietnamese culture and poetry, often symbolizing hardship, loneliness, or the harshness of winter. It is frequently paired with "mưa phùn" (drizzle) to depict a characteristically chilly, damp, and gloomy winter day.

Variants and Related Words

• Gió mùa Đông Bắc (n): The Northeast Monsoon. This is the more formal, meteorological term for the seasonal wind system that brings the "gió bấc" to Vietnam.
  • Gió mùa Đông Bắc thường bắt đầu từ tháng 10. (The Northeast Monsoon usually begins in October.)
• Gió heo may (n): A cool, dry autumn wind. This is a different, lighter wind that precedes the harsher "gió bấc" of winter.

Synonyms

• North wind
• Northeasterly wind
• Winter wind
• Boreas (literary/poetic)

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Mưa phùn gió bấc: A set phrase describing a damp, chilly, and unpleasant winter day with drizzle and a biting north wind. It evokes a sense of bleak, miserable weather.
  • Suốt tuần trời cứ mưa phùn gió bấc. (The weather has been nothing but drizzle and north wind all week.)

1. North-easterlly wind
   • Mưa phùn gió bấc
     There is drizzle and a north-easterly wind