Definition

1. Noun:
   • A row, line, or chain: "Rặng" refers to a long, continuous series of objects of the same kind, arranged in a line.
   • A ridge or range: In specific contexts, it can refer to a chain or line of geographical features like mountains.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Phía trước nhà có một rặng dừa xanh mát. (There is a cool, green row of coconut trees in front of the house.)
  • Chúng tôi đi bộ dọc theo rặng núi. (We hiked along the mountain range.)
  • Con đường làng được tô điểm bởi hai rặng hoa giấy. (The village road is adorned by two rows of bougainvillea.)

Advanced Usage

• "Rặng rặng": This reduplicated form is sometimes used in literary contexts to emphasize a continuous, unbroken series or to describe a sound that comes in waves.
  • Tiếng chuông ngân lên rặng rặng. (The bell tolled in continuous waves.)

Variants and Related Words

• Hàng (noun): A row or line. While similar, "hàng" is more general and often used for orderly lines (e.g., hàng ghế - row of seats), whereas "rặng" often implies a natural, linear formation, especially of plants or landforms.
• Dãy (noun): A series or stretch. "Dãy" is also very close in meaning but can be broader, applying to houses (dãy nhà), numbers (dãy số), etc. "Rặng" is typically for natural objects in a line.
• Dải (noun): A strip or belt. "Dải" often describes something long and narrow, like a strip of land or color, and can overlap with "rặng" in some geographical contexts (e.g., dải núi).

Synonyms

• Chuỗi (noun): A chain or string (often for connected events or beads).
• Liên tiếp (adjective/adverb): Consecutive, in succession. This describes the quality of being in a row rather than the row itself.

Related Phrases

• Rặng cây: A row of trees, an avenue of trees.
  • Buổi chiều, họ thường tản bộ dưới rặng cây cổ thụ. (In the evening, they often stroll under the avenue of ancient trees.)
• Rặng núi: A mountain range or ridge.
  • Rặng núi Trường Sơn chạy dọc theo đất nước. (The Truong Son mountain range runs along the length of the country.)
• Rặng đá: A line or ridge of rocks.
  • Thuyền của chúng tôi cẩn thận tránh rặng đá ngầm. (Our boat carefully avoided the line of submerged rocks.)

Related Idioms

(Note: "Rặng" itself is not commonly the core of many idioms. Its meaning is usually direct. However, it appears in descriptive literary phrases.) - Implicit in poetry/literature: The word is often used in poetry and descriptive prose to paint a picture of natural scenery. - "Rặng liễu buồn xơ xác" (The row of willows, sad and withered) - from a poem, evoking a melancholic image.

noun

1. chain; line; row
   • rặng cây
     row of trees