How to Say "Oil Rig" in Vietnamese

giàn khoan

[zaːn˨˩ xwaːn˧˧]word by word

The English phrase "oil rig" is translated into Vietnamese as giàn khoan.

Meaning: oil-drilling platform (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

Adding dầu (oil) after giàn khoan specifies that the drilling platform is for oil.

The word khoan is a homonym in Vietnamese. While it means 'to drill' in the context of an oil rig, it can also mean 'slowly' or 'wait' when used as an interjection.
The word giàn refers to a structural frame, such as a trellis for climbing plants. Using giàn for an oil rig conceptually links a massive industrial platform to a simple garden frame.
The term khoan shares a linguistic relationship with the Khmer words ខួង and ខ្វាន, showing an ancient connection between the drilling terminology of these two Southeast Asian neighbors.

Mười năm sau vụ nổ giàn khoan Deepwater Horizon, cướp đi sinh mạng của 11 công nhân, làm bị thương hơn 17 người và làm tràn 800 triệu lít dầu thô vào vịnh Mexico, đã cho thấy việc đảo ngược sự tàn phá hệ sinh thái là một việc khó.
Ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion killed 11 workers, injured 17 more and leaked 800 million liters of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, ecological devastation has proved hard to reverse.
This sentence is useful for seeing giàn khoan used in the context of an industrial accident.
Tatoeba #8964976 by dotheduyet1999, translation #8964904 by Hybrid
Họ đang làm việc trên một giàn khoan.
They are working on an oil rig.
Giàn khoan này nằm ở ngoài khơi xa.
This oil rig is located far offshore.
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Hùng and Hương are watching a news report about the ocean.

Hùng Hung

Anh có thấy chiếc giàn khoan đó không?
Do you see that oil rig?
Hương Huong

Có, nó trông thật khổng lồ.
Yes, it looks truly huge.
Hùng Hung

Nó là một giàn khoan dầu mới.
It is a new oil rig.
Hương Huong

Chắc hẳn việc vận hành nó rất khó khăn.
Operating it must be very difficult.

Sources

IPA marked “word by word” joins the Wiktionary pronunciations of each word (giàn, khoan) and can differ in connected speech.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries khoan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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