tuần tiết
Definition
- Noun:
- Seasonal node / Solar term: A traditional East Asian division of the year into 24 periods, each marking specific climatic and agricultural changes. "Tuần tiết" refers to the cyclical succession of these solar terms within a year.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nông dân canh tác theo các tuần tiết. (Farmers cultivate according to the solar terms.)
Advanced Usage
- "Tiết khí": This is a more common and precise synonym for "solar term" in Vietnamese. "Tuần tiết" is a more general or literary term for the sequence of these periods.
- Tiết Thanh minh là một tiết khí quan trọng. (Qingming is an important solar term.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tiết khí (n): Solar term. The standard term for each of the 24 periods.
- Tiết trời (n): Weather, climate. Refers more generally to the atmospheric conditions.
Synonyms
- Solar term: One of the 24 periods in the lunisolar calendar.
- Climatic period: A time segment defined by characteristic weather.
Related Concepts
- Lịch tiết khí: The calendar of solar terms.
- Lịch tiết khí rất hữu ích cho nông nghiệp. (The solar term calendar is very useful for agriculture.)