triền

Trẻ em chơi đùa trên triền sông vào buổi chiều.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Riverside land / Riverbank area: A strip or expanse of land along the banks of a large river, often implying a gentle slope or the adjacent terrain.
   • Flank / Slope: The side or sloping surface of a hill or mountain.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Những cánh đồng bát ngát nằm trên triền sông. (Vast fields lie on the riverside land.)
  • Ngôi làng nhỏ nằm ở triền núi phía tây. (The small village is located on the western slope of the mountain.)

Advanced Usage

• "triền sông": riverbank area, riverside.

  • Khu vực triền sông này rất màu mỡ. (This riverbank area is very fertile.)

• "triền núi": mountainside, hill slope.

  • Họ leo lên triền núi dốc đứng. (They climbed up the steep mountainside.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bờ (n): bank, shore. A more general term for the edge of a water body.

  • Chúng tôi ngồi nghỉ trên bờ sông. (We sat and rested on the river bank.)

• Sườn (n): slope, hillside. Often used interchangeably with "triền" for mountain slopes.

  • Sườn núi phủ đầy cây. (The hillside is covered with trees.)

Synonyms

• Riverside: the land alongside a river.
• Bank: the land beside a river or lake.
• Slope: a surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another.

Related Idioms

• Triền miên: (This is a separate, homophonous adjective meaning "prolonged," "endless," or "incessant." It is not directly related to the geographical noun "triền" but is important to distinguish.)
  • Cơn mưa triền miên kéo dài cả tuần. (The incessant rain lasted a whole week.)