Definition

1. Verb:
   • To reclaim land / to clear land: The primary meaning of "khai hoang" is the process of making uncultivated, wild, or unused land (such as wilderness, forest, or swamp) suitable for agriculture, habitation, or other use.
   • To pioneer / to bring under cultivation: It describes the initial act of developing virgin soil or wasteland for farming purposes.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Ông cha ta đã khai hoang vùng đất này để lập làng. (Our ancestors reclaimed this land to establish the village.)
  • Kế hoạch là khai hoang 100 hecta đất đồi để trồng cây ăn quả. (The plan is to clear 100 hectares of hilly land for growing fruit trees.)
  • Đi khai hoang ở miền núi. (To go reclaiming virgin soil in the mountain areas.)

Advanced Usage

• "Công cuộc khai hoang": The land reclamation campaign/effort.
  • Công cuộc khai hoang đã mở rộng diện tích canh tác đáng kể. (The land reclamation campaign significantly expanded the cultivated area.)
• "Vùng đất khai hoang": Newly reclaimed land; pioneer land.
  • Cuộc sống trên vùng đất khai hoang còn rất nhiều khó khăn. (Life on the newly reclaimed land was still very difficult.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khai khẩn (v): A near-synonym, often used interchangeably with "khai hoang," emphasizing the act of opening up and cultivating new land.
• Phá hoang (v): Literally "to break the wilderness," a more colloquial term for the initial clearing of wild land.
• Quy hoạch (v): To plan or zone, which may occur after land is reclaimed.

Synonyms

• Reclaim: To bring wasteland into a condition for cultivation or use.
• Clear: To remove trees and vegetation from land.
• Cultivate: To prepare and use land for crops or gardening.
• Pioneer: To be among the first to settle or develop an area.

Related Concepts

• Đất hoang / Đất bỏ hoang: Wasteland; uncultivated or abandoned land.
• Thổ canh: The practice of cultivating the soil.
• Định cư: To settle, which often follows or accompanies land reclamation.

1. Reclain waste land, reclain virgin soil
   • Đi khai hoang ở miền núi
     To go reclaming virgin soil in the mountain areas