lúa sớm
Definition
- Noun:
- Early rice: A type of rice crop that is planted and harvested earlier than the main season's rice. It refers specifically to the rice plant or grain that matures in a shorter growing cycle.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nông dân trong vùng thường trồng lúa sớm để có thể thu hoạch trước mùa mưa bão. (Farmers in the region often grow early rice so they can harvest before the storm season.)
- Giống lúa sớm này cho năng suất khá cao. (This variety of early rice yields quite a high output.)
- Giá lúa sớm trên thị trường năm nay ổn định. (The market price for early rice is stable this year.)
Advanced Usage
- "vụ lúa sớm": the early rice crop season.
- Vụ lúa sớm năm nay bội thu. (This year's early rice crop is bumper.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lúa (n): Rice (the plant or the unhusked grain).
- Lúa chính vụ / lúa mùa (n): Main-season rice; rice planted and harvested in the primary, traditional season.
- Lúa trà (n): A term sometimes used to classify rice by sowing time (e.g., - early-sown rice).
- Thu hoạch sớm (v): To harvest early.
Synonyms
- Lúa ngắn ngày: Short-duration rice (emphasizes the short growth cycle).
- Lúa vụ sớm: Early-crop rice.
Notes on Different Meanings
- The term "lúa sớm" is specific to agriculture. It does not refer to rice that is cooked early or served early. Its meaning is fixed within the context of crop cycles and farming seasons.