phên

Thân thiện

Người thợ dựng tấm phên để che cửa sổ.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Wattle, bamboo screen: A rigid, thick panel woven from bamboo, rattan, or similar materials, traditionally used as a wall, fence, or screen for covering or partitioning spaces.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ngôi nhà tranh có vách làm bằng phên tre. (The thatched house has walls made of bamboo wattle.)
  • Họ dùng tấm phên để che cửa cho mát. (They use a bamboo screen to cover the door for coolness.)
  • Chiếc phên này đan rất chắc chắn. (This woven panel is very tightly made.)

Advanced Usage

• "phên dậu": A wattle fence, specifically used as a garden or property boundary.

  • Ông lão rào vườn rau bằng phên dậu. (The old man fenced his vegetable garden with a wattle fence.)

• "phên nứa": A screen woven specifically from "nứa" (a type of bamboo).

  • Tấm phên nứa này nhẹ và bền. (This nứa bamboo screen is light and durable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Che phên (verb phrase): To cover or screen with a wattle panel.

  • Cần che phên cửa sổ trước khi trời tối. (We need to cover the window with a screen before dark.)

• Vách phên (noun phrase): A wattle wall.

  • Căn nhà nhỏ với vách phên đơn sơ. (The small house with its simple wattle walls.)

Synonyms

• Tấm đan (woven panel)
• Mành (blind, screen - usually lighter and more flexible)
• Rào (fence - more general term)

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

• Đan phên (to weave a wattle screen): The action of making a "phên".
  • Bố tôi biết cách đan phên. (My father knows how to weave a wattle screen.)

Related Idioms

• Tre già măng mọc / Cây ngay không sợ chết đứng: While not containing the word "phên", this idiom about bamboo resilience is conceptually related to its primary material. A "phên" is a product of mature bamboo ("tre già").
  • (Literal: When the old bamboo dies, the shoots sprout / A straight tree fears not standing dead.)

Học thuật

1. Wattle