chăn thú
/t͡ɕan˧˥ tʰu˧˥/
VI
animal husbandry; livestock farming
Gia đình tôi làm chăn thú gà và vịt ở ngoại thành thành phố.
My family runs poultry farming on the outskirts of the city.
Etymology
This Vietnamese compound word combines chăn (meaning to herd, tend livestock) and thú (meaning livestock, animals). It has been used in rural Vietnamese communities for centuries to describe the practice of raising domesticated farm animals.
Memory Aid
Think of chăn as "herd/ tend" and thú as "animals" — picture a farmer herding cows to visualize chăn thú.
Collocations
chăn thú gia súcchăn thú gàchăn thú bò
Synonyms
nông nghiệp chăn nuôichăn nuôi gia súc
Antonyms
canh tác nông nghiệp trồng câythương mại
Related Words
chăn nuôigia súcvật nuôi
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