This is the 655th most frequent Vietnamese word.
dọc
"Dọc" means "vertical" or "along" in English, depending on context.
Here, 'dọc' describes the vertical orientation, denoting a direction parallel to the length dimension.
Văn bản này được viết dọc theo chiều dọc của trang giấy.
This text is written vertically along the vertical orientation of the paper.
In this sentence, 'dọc' is used to mean 'along', indicating movement or position alongside a linear feature, namely the coastline.
Chúng tôi đi dọc bờ biển vào buổi sáng.
We walked along the coastline in the morning.
In this example, 'dọc' indicates the road running in the same direction as the mountain's base, emphasizing alignment or parallelism.