Definition

1. Noun:
   • Goose: A type of waterfowl, a bird belonging to the same family as ducks but with a longer neck.
   • (Vulgar slang) A failing grade, the score of 2 (out of 10): Used in school contexts to denote a very poor mark.
   • A long-necked jar or decanter: Specifically for containing alcohol.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Animal):
  • Đàn ngỗng đang bơi trên hồ. (The flock of geese is swimming on the lake.)
  • Ngỗng kêu "cạc cạc". (A goose honks.)
• Noun (Slang for grade):
  • Bài kiểm tra toán của nó toàn ngỗng. (His math test was full of failing grades / "geese".)
  • Nó bị hai con ngỗng môn Văn. (He got two failing marks / "geese" in Literature.)
• Noun (Container):
  • Ông lão rót rượu từ chiếc ngỗng sứ. (The old man poured wine from the porcelain decanter.)

Advanced Usage

• "ngỗng đực": gander (a male goose).
  • Con ngỗng đực thường to hơn. (The gander is usually larger.)
• "ngỗng con": gosling (a young goose).
  • Những chú ngỗng con lạch bạch theo mẹ. (The goslings waddle after their mother.)
• "chăn ngỗng": to herd/tend geese.
  • Cô bé chăn ngỗng trong câu chuyện cổ tích. (The little girl who tends geese in the fairy tale.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ngỗng ngỗng (adj, informal): Describes someone acting foolishly or stupidly, like a goose.
  • Nó làm gì mà trông ngỗng ngỗng thế? (Why is he acting so foolishly?)
• Ngu ngốc (adj): Foolish, stupid. While not a direct variant, it shares the root "ngốc" which is semantically linked to the slang use of "ngỗng" for poor performance.

Synonyms

• Con ngỗng (animal): goose.
• Điểm hai, điểm kém (grade): failing grade, poor mark.
• Bình rượu, lọ rượu (container): wine jar, decanter, flagon.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• "Ngu như ngỗng": (As) stupid as a goose. A common insult comparing someone's intelligence to that of a goose.
  • Đừng có ngu như ngỗng mà tin lời nó. (Don't be as stupid as a goose to believe him.)
• "Chết ngỗng" (slang): To be stuck, to fail completely, or to be in a hopeless situation. It extends the "failure" concept from the grade slang.
  • Dự án đó chết ngỗng rồi, không cứu được. (That project is dead in the water / has failed completely, it can't be saved.)

noun

1. groose
   • ngỗng đực
     gander