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Definition
- 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.)