ngàn
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Definition
Noun (literary, poetic):
- Mountains and forests / wilderness: Refers to remote, wooded, and mountainous regions, often conveying a sense of vast, untamed nature.
Numeral (alternative form):
- Thousand: A numerical value equal to 1,000. This is a poetic or literary variant of the more common word "nghìn."
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Họ sống ẩn dật giữa chốn ngàn xanh. (They live in seclusion amidst the green mountains and forests.)
- Tiếng hát vang vọng khắp núi ngàn. (The singing voice echoed throughout the mountains and forests.)
Numeral:
- Ngàn năm trôi qua, câu chuyện vẫn còn đó. (A thousand years have passed, but the story remains.)
- Cánh đồng hoa bát ngát, có đến ngàn đóa. (The flower field is vast, with up to a thousand blooms.)
Advanced Usage
"muôn ngàn": Literally "ten thousand thousands," used to mean "countless" or "innumerable."
- Lòng biết ơn muôn ngàn. (Countless gratitude.)
"ngàn dâu": Literally "thousand mulberry trees," an old poetic reference to vast, changing landscapes, often implying the passage of time or life's transformations.
Variants and Related Words
- Nghìn (numeral): The standard, more common word for "thousand."
- Rừng (noun): The standard word for "forest." "Ngàn" is a more literary synonym.
- Núi ngàn (noun phrase): A poetic phrase emphasizing mountainous, forested terrain.
Synonyms
- As a noun: Wilderness, hinterlands, woods (in a vast, poetic sense).
- As a numeral: Thousand.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "Mấy sông cũng lội, mấy ngàn cũng qua": "Will wade through any river, cross any forest." Means to be determined to overcome all obstacles.
- "Băng ngàn vượt suối": "To cross forests and ford streams." Describes a difficult journey through wild terrain.
noun
- mountains and forests
- số từ.thousand