No. 655 in Vietnamese
dọc
"Dọc" means "vertical" or "along" in English, depending on context.
In a sentence
Chúng tôi đi dọc bờ biển vào buổi sáng.
We walked along the coastline in the morning.
In this sentence, 'dọc' is used to mean 'along', indicating movement or position alongside a linear feature, namely the coastline.
Văn bản này được viết dọc theo chiều dọc của trang giấy.
This text is written vertically along the vertical orientation of the paper.
Here, 'dọc' describes the vertical orientation, denoting a direction parallel to the length dimension.
Con đường kéo dài dọc theo chân núi.
The road stretches along the foot of the mountain.
In this example, 'dọc' indicates the road running in the same direction as the mountain's base, emphasizing alignment or parallelism.
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