Definition

1. Noun:
   • A small, open railway vehicle or cart, often used in mining or on construction sites: A "gòong" is a type of rolling stock, typically with four wheels and no sides or with low sides, designed to carry heavy materials like coal, ore, or construction debris along tracks.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Công nhân đẩy gòong chở than ra khỏi hầm mỏ. (Workers push the waggon carrying coal out of the mine shaft.)
  • Đường ray nhỏ này dành cho các gòong. (This narrow-gauge track is for the waggons.)

Advanced Usage

• "gòong goòng": This is a variant reduplication, sometimes used informally to refer to waggons or similar small carts.
  • Trẻ con trong làng hay chơi đùa gần những chiếc gòong goòng bỏ không. (The village children often play near the abandoned waggons.)

Variants and Related Words

• Toa goòng: A more formal or specific term for a railway wagon or truck.
  • Đoàn tàu chở quặng gồm nhiều toa goòng. (The ore train consists of many waggon trucks.)
• Xe goòng: Another term emphasizing it as a wheeled vehicle.
  • Xe goòng bị trật bánh. (The waggon derailed.)

Synonyms

• Xe đẩy trên đường ray: A descriptive phrase meaning "a cart pushed on rails."
• Toa xe lửa chở hàng: Meaning "goods/freight railway wagon." (Note: This is a more general term for larger railway freight cars.)

Related Phrases

• Chạy bằng goòng / Vận chuyển bằng goòng: To operate using waggons / to transport by waggon.
  • Khu mỏ này vận chuyển than bằng goòng. (This mine transports coal by waggon.)

Related Idioms

There are no common idioms specifically using the word "gòong". It is a technical/industrial term.

1. Waggon
   • Chở than bằng goòng
     To transport coal in a waggon