tiện thổ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Infertile land / Poor soil: The primary meaning of "tiện thổ" describes land or soil that is of low quality, lacking in nutrients, and unsuitable for productive agriculture.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Vùng này toàn là tiện thổ, trồng trọt rất khó khăn. (This region is all infertile land, making cultivation very difficult.)
- Ông ấy sở hữu một mảnh tiện thổ không thể canh tác. (He owns a plot of poor soil that cannot be farmed.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in formal or literary contexts, such as in historical texts, agricultural assessments, or classical descriptions of land.
Variants and Related Words
Đất cằn (n): barren land, unproductive soil.
- Đất cằn không giữ được nước. (Barren land cannot retain water.)
Đất xấu (n): bad soil, poor land. This is the direct, modern synonym.
- Giống cây này có thể sống trên đất xấu. (This plant variety can survive in poor soil.)
Synonyms
- Infertile land: Land incapable of sustaining abundant plant growth.
- Poor soil: Soil lacking in essential nutrients and organic matter.
- Barren ground: Land that is unproductive.
Notes on Usage
- "Tiện thổ" is an archaic or classical Vietnamese term. In modern everyday language, "đất xấu" is far more commonly used to express the same meaning.
- It is typically found in written form rather than in spoken conversation.