ôn tuyền

Ôn tuyền chảy ra từ một vách đá trong rừng.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Hot spring: A natural spring of water that is heated by geothermal energy beneath the Earth's surface. The water is typically warmer than the surrounding air temperature.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Khu nghỉ dưỡng này nổi tiếng với dòng ôn tuyền tự nhiên. (This resort is famous for its natural hot spring.)
  • Ngâm mình trong ôn tuyền rất tốt cho sức khỏe. (Soaking in a hot spring is very good for your health.)

Advanced Usage

• The term ôn tuyền is a Sino-Vietnamese compound (溫泉), where "ôn" (溫) means "warm" and "tuyền" (泉) means "spring" or "fountain." It is a formal, literary, or technical term often used in geography, tourism, and traditional medicine contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Suối nước nóng (n): This is the more common, purely Vietnamese phrase for "hot spring." It is used in everyday conversation.
  • Chúng tôi đi tắm suối nước nóng. (We went to bathe in a hot spring.)

Synonyms

• Thermal spring: A spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater.
• Hot spring: The most common English equivalent.

Related Terms

• Địa nhiệt (n): Geothermal heat; the thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth.
• Suối khoáng (n): Mineral spring; a spring that contains dissolved minerals, which may or may not be hot.