đồng điền
Definition
- Noun:
- Rice field / paddy field: A piece of land, often level and surrounded by low dikes, used for cultivating rice. It is typically flooded with water during the growing season.
- Field / cultivated land: More generally, it can refer to a cultivated field or farmland.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Những thửa đồng điền bát ngát trải dài trước mặt. (The vast rice fields stretched out ahead.)
- Người nông dân đang làm việc trên đồng điền. (The farmer is working in the field.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "đồng điền" is a classical or literary compound, with "đồng" meaning field and "điền" meaning farmland. It evokes an image of traditional, expansive agricultural land, often used in poetic or descriptive contexts rather than everyday technical speech.
Variants and Related Words
Ruộng lúa (n): rice paddy. This is the more common, everyday term for a rice field.
- Ruộng lúa đang vào mùa thu hoạch. (The rice paddy is ready for harvest.)
Cánh đồng (n): field, plain. A broader term for a wide, open field, which may or may not be cultivated.
- Cánh đồng hoa hướng dương rất đẹp. (The sunflower field is very beautiful.)
Synonyms
- Rice paddy: A flooded field for growing rice.
- Cultivated land: Land prepared and used for crops.
- Farmland: Land used for agricultural purposes.
Related Idioms
- "Đồng không mông quạnh": A desolate, empty field; in the middle of nowhere. This idiom emphasizes emptiness and isolation.
- Căn nhà nhỏ nằm ở nơi đồng không mông quạnh. (The small house was located in a desolate, empty field.)