lạch
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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.)