ngạn

Thân thiện

Ngạn là một nhóm nhỏ của dân tộc Tày.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • River bank: The land alongside the edge of a river.
   • Right bank (of a river): Specifically used in the compound "hữu ngạn" to denote the right-hand side of a river when facing downstream.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng tôi cắm trại trên ngạn sông. (We camped on the river bank.)
  • Thành phố nằm ở hữu ngạn. (The city is located on the right bank.)

Advanced Usage

• "hữu ngạn": right bank. A fixed geographical term.

  • Hữu ngạn sông Hồng. (The right bank of the Red River.)

• "tả ngạn": left bank. The opposite of "hữu ngạn".

  • Tả ngạn sông này rất dốc. (The left bank of this river is very steep.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bờ sông (n): river bank. A more common, general synonym.
• Bờ (n): bank, shore, coast. A broader term.

Synonyms

• Bank: the land beside a river.
• Riverside: the area along the bank of a river.

Notes on Usage

• In modern Vietnamese, "ngạn" is considered a literary or formal word. The more common, everyday word for "river bank" is "bờ sông".
• "Ngạn" is most frequently encountered in the fixed compound terms "hữu ngạn" (right bank) and "tả ngạn" (left bank), which are standard in geography and navigation.
• The reference to an ethnic group is an extremely rare and specialized usage, not relevant for general language learners.

Học thuật

1. river bank
   • hữu ngạn
     right bank