Definition

Noun: A row of plants, bushes, or trees, often planted closely together and sometimes trimmed, used to form a boundary, fence, or barrier around a garden, field, or property.

Usage

This word specifically refers to the physical, linear planting that serves as a living fence or border. It describes the object itself, not the action of planting it.

Examples: - Hàng giậu xanh ngăn cách khu vườn với con đường. (The green hedge separates the garden from the road.) - Bà tôi thường tỉa hàng giậu cây hoa hồng vào mỗi sáng. (My grandmother often trims the rose hedge every morning.) - Chúng tôi ngồi nghỉ dưới bóng mát của hàng giậu cây. (We sat resting in the shade of the tree hedge.)

Advanced Usage

• "Làm hàng giậu": To plant or form a hedge.
  • Họ dùng cây dâm bụt để làm hàng giậu quanh nhà. (They used hibiscus plants to make a hedge around the house.)
• Used metaphorically to describe something that forms a neat line or barrier.
  • Những người lính đứng thành một hàng giậu. (The soldiers stood in a tight line like a hedge.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bờ rào / Hàng rào (n): Fence, hedge. These are more general terms for a fence or barrier. "Hàng giậu" often implies a living, green barrier.
• Lũy tre (n): A bamboo hedge or rampart, specifically made of bamboo, often carrying cultural or historical connotations of village boundaries.

Synonyms

• Hedge (n): The most direct English equivalent.
• Fence (n): A more general term for a barrier; a "hàng giậu" is a specific type of living fence.
• Border (n): Can refer to the edge or boundary, which a "hàng giậu" often marks.

Related Phrases

• Cây hàng giậu (n): Hedge plant.
  • Cây cúc tần là một loại cây hàng giậu phổ biến. (Pluchea indica is a common hedge plant.)

noun

1. hedge