Definition

1. Noun:
   • Dyer's brown bark: A type of tree bark used traditionally to produce a brown dye.
   • Monk's brown clothes: Brown-colored robes, typically referring to the traditional garments worn by Buddhist monks, dyed using such bark.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Vải nhuộm bằng sồng có màu nâu đặc trưng. (Cloth dyed with sồng has a characteristic brown color.)
  • Các nhà sư mặc áo màu nâu sồng. (The monks wear robes of sồng brown.)

Advanced Usage

• "nâu sồng": A specific shade of brown, often associated with simplicity, tradition, and monastic life.
  • Màu nâu sồng tượng trưng cho sự giản dị và thoát tục. (The nâu sồng color symbolizes simplicity and detachment from worldly life.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhuộm sồng (verb phrase): To dye using bark.
  • Nghề nhuộm sồng ngày càng hiếm. (The craft of dyeing with sồng is becoming increasingly rare.)

Synonyms

• Vỏ cây nhuộm: Dye bark.
• Màu nâu thâm: Dark brown color.

Notes on Meaning

This is a specialized, traditional term. Its primary meaning is the dyestuff (the bark itself). Its secondary, more common meaning in modern Vietnamese is the specific brown color derived from it, especially in the fixed phrase "nâu sồng" (monk's brown). It is not used to refer to the color brown in general.

1. Dyer's brown bark
   • Nâu sồng
     Monk's brown clothes