mặt tiền tiếp giáp
/maːt˧˧ tʰiən˧˧ tiəp˧˧ zaːp˧˧/
VI
adjacent frontage, abutting front property; the front side of a piece of land or building that borders another property or a public space
Khu đất này có 20 mét mặt tiền tiếp giáp với đường lớn.
This plot of land has 20 meters of frontage adjacent to the main road.
Etymology
This is a Vietnamese compound phrase combining native Vietnamese words: mặt tiền (frontage/front side) and tiếp giáp (adjoining/abutting), a common phrase in real estate that developed from general vocabulary describing spatial relationships.
Memory Aid
Break the phrase into parts: mặt tiền = front face, tiếp giáp = touching adjacent. Remember it as "the front face that touches another space" for real estate contexts.
Collocations
Synonyms
mặt tiền liền kềmặt tiền giáp ranh