Definition

1. Noun:
   • The Moon: The natural satellite of Earth, visible in the night sky, especially when full. This is the primary and most common meaning.
   • Month (archaic/poetic): A unit of time, often referring to a lunar month. This usage is less common in modern daily speech but appears in poetry, folk songs, and traditional contexts.
   • Lunar month: Specifically refers to a month in the lunar calendar.

Usage Examples

• Noun (The Moon):
  • Trăng đêm nay rất sáng. (The moon is very bright tonight.)
  • Chúng tôi ngắm trăng trên biển. (We watched the moon over the sea.)
• Noun (Month - archaic/poetic):
  • Lúa này chín sau ba trăng. (This rice ripens after three months.)
  • Rượu ủ đã được nửa trăng. (The wine has been fermented for half a month.)

Advanced Usage

• "trăng non": new moon, crescent moon.
  • Bầu trời đêm chỉ có ánh trăng non. (The night sky only had the light of the new moon.)
• "trăng tròn": full moon.
  • Đêm rằm là đêm trăng tròn. (The mid-autumn night is the night of the full moon.)
• "trăng khuyết": waning or crescent moon (not full).
  • Trăng khuyết treo đầu non. (A waning moon hangs over the mountain peak.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trăng trối (verb): To give last words, to bequeath (a dying wish).
• Ánh trăng (n): Moonlight.
  • Ánh trăng chiếu qua cửa sổ. (Moonlight shone through the window.)
• Vầng trăng (n): The orb/disk of the moon (poetic).
  • Vầng trăng lên cao. (The moon rose high.)

Synonyms

• Mặt trăng: The Moon (more formal/scientific term).
  • Mặt trăng quay quanh Trái đất. (The Moon orbits the Earth.)
• Nguyệt (Hán-Việt, poetic/literary): Moon.
  • Ánh nguyệt dịu dàng. (The gentle moonlight.)

Related Phrases (Idioms/Set Phrases)

• "Ăn trăng": To enjoy the moonlight (often during the Mid-Autumn Festival).
  • Trẻ con tụ tập để ăn trăng. (Children gather to "eat the moon"/celebrate under the moonlight.)
• "Nói chuyện trăng gió": To talk about romantic or trivial, fanciful things (literally: to talk about the moon and the wind).
  • Họ chỉ ngồi đó nói chuyện trăng gió. (They just sat there talking about romantic nothings.)
• "Trăng bao nhiêu tuổi trăng già? / Núi bao nhiêu tuổi gọi là núi non?": A famous folk couplet pondering the age of the moon and mountains, symbolizing eternal, timeless beauty.

noun

1. moon