Definition

1. Noun:
   • Fallow: A piece of farmland that is plowed but left unseeded for a period to restore its fertility. This is the primary agricultural meaning.
   • Fallowing: The agricultural practice of leaving land uncultivated for a season or more.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người nông dân để một thửa ruộng hưu canh trong một năm. (The farmer left a field fallow for one year.)
  • Phương pháp hưu canh giúp đất nghỉ ngơi và phục hồi chất dinh dưỡng. (The fallowing method helps the land rest and recover nutrients.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "hưu canh" is considered somewhat formal or technical in modern Vietnamese and is often associated with traditional or historical agricultural contexts. In contemporary discussion, the concept might be described more simply as (to let the land rest).

Variants and Related Words

• Đất bỏ hoang (n): Uncultivated/abandoned land. This phrase is more general and does not necessarily imply the intentional restorative practice of "hưu canh".
  • Khu đất đó đã bỏ hoang nhiều năm. (That plot of land has been abandoned for many years.)

Synonyms

• Fallow land: Land left idle to restore productivity.
• Unseeded land: Land that has been tilled but not planted.
• Resting land: Land in a period of intentional non-cultivation.

Notes on Usage

• "Hưu canh" specifically refers to the practice of leaving land uncultivated as part of crop rotation or soil management. It is different from land that is simply abandoned or unused due to neglect.
• The related French term provided in the reference carries the same specific agricultural meaning.

1. Fallow