lúa chiêm

Lúa chiêm chín vàng trên cánh đồng rộng lớn.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Fifth-month rice / Early summer rice: The primary crop of rice harvested in the fifth lunar month (typically around June in the solar calendar). It refers to the main rice variety cultivated and harvested in the early summer season of Vietnam's traditional agricultural calendar.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Vụ lúa chiêm năm nay được mùa. (This year's early summer rice crop is bountiful.)
  • Lúa chiêm thường chín vào đầu mùa hè. (Fifth-month rice usually ripens in early summer.)
  • Nông dân đang thu hoạch lúa chiêm trên cánh đồng. (The farmers are harvesting the early summer rice in the field.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "lúa chiêm" is often used in contrast with "lúa mùa" (late autumn rice or main-season rice), which is harvested later in the year. This distinction highlights the two main traditional rice-growing seasons in northern Vietnam.

Variants and Related Words

• Vụ chiêm (n): The early summer cropping season.

  • Công việc chuẩn bị cho vụ chiêm đã bắt đầu. (Preparations for the early summer crop have begun.)

• Lúa mùa (n): The main-season rice, harvested in the autumn.

  • Lúa mùa thường có hương vị đậm đà hơn. (Main-season rice often has a richer flavor.)

Synonyms

• Early summer rice: Rice harvested in the early part of the summer.
• Fifth-month rice: A direct translation referring to the lunar calendar month of harvest.

Cultural Note

• "Lúa chiêm" is a term deeply rooted in Vietnam's agrarian culture and lunar calendar system. It specifically denotes the rice crop sown in the winter-spring season and reaped in the early summer (the fifth lunar month), reflecting the historical agricultural cycles of the Red River Delta region.