bốc xếp
Definition
- Verb:
- To load and unload; to handle cargo: The primary meaning of "bốc xếp" refers to the physical work of moving goods, specifically loading them onto or unloading them from a vehicle or vessel, and arranging them.
- To perform stevedoring work: It describes the job of a stevedore or dockworker involving the transfer and stowage of cargo.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Công nhân đang bốc xếp hàng hóa lên tàu. (Workers are loading goods onto the ship.)
- Công việc bốc xếp ở cảng rất vất vả. (Stevedoring work at the port is very hard.)
- Họ thuê người để bốc xếp container. (They hired people to handle the containers.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in logistics, transportation, and port operations to describe the core process of cargo transfer.
- It implies a sequence of actions: first lifting/moving the cargo (bốc) and then placing/organizing it (xếp).
Variants and Related Words
- Bốc dỡ (v): to unload (specifically the unloading aspect).
- Xe tải đang chờ để được bốc dỡ. (The truck is waiting to be unloaded.)
- Xếp dỡ (v): to load and unload; a close synonym.
- Dịch vụ xếp dỡ hàng hóa. (Cargo handling services.)
Synonyms
- Handle cargo: to manage the moving of goods.
- Load and unload: to put goods on and take them off a transport vehicle.
- Stevedore: to work as a dock laborer moving cargo.
Related Idioms
- While "bốc xếp" itself is a technical term, it can be part of colloquial expressions describing hard, manual labor.
- Làm công việc bốc xếp đầu tắt mặt tối. (To work as a stevedore from dawn till dusk.)