Definition

Noun: 1. A small, narrow waterway; a rivulet: A natural or artificial channel for water, smaller than a river or stream, often found in coastal areas, deltas, or used for irrigation. 2. A canal; a channel: A man-made or natural passage for water, sometimes referring to a navigable passage through a reef or sandbar.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con lạch này dẫn nước từ sông vào đồng ruộng. (This rivulet channels water from the river into the fields.)
  • Tàu thuyền nhỏ có thể đi qua lạch này. (Small boats can pass through this channel.)
  • Nước trong lạch chảy rất hiền hòa. (The water in the streamlet flows very gently.)

Advanced Usage

• "lạch nước": water channel/rivulet. This compound explicitly specifies it's a waterway.
  • Lạch nước nhỏ uốn quanh làng. (A small water channel winds around the village.)
• "cửa lạch": channel mouth; the point where a meets a larger body of water like a river or the sea.
  • Cửa lạch là nơi tàu cá ra vào. (The channel mouth is where fishing boats enter and exit.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kênh, mương (noun): canal, ditch. These are often man-made and may be larger or more structured than a .
• Rạch (noun): Similar to , often used in Southern Vietnam for a small canal or waterway.
• Suối (noun): stream, brook. Typically a natural freshwater flow, often in mountainous or forested areas, unlike a which can be in flat or coastal regions.

Synonyms

• Rivulet: A very small stream.
• Streamlet: A little stream.
• Channel: A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially seas.

Related Phrases/Idioms

(Note: "Lạch" itself is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. It is primarily a concrete noun for geographical features.)

noun

1. rivulet; canal