toa
Definition
- Noun:
- Railway carriage / Railroad car: A connected vehicle on a train designed to carry passengers or freight.
- Prescription: A written order from a doctor detailing the medicine and instructions for a patient.
- Funnel / Hopper: A wide-mouthed, tapering container for guiding material, such as grain into a thresher or smoke into a chimney.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Railway carriage):
- Chúng tôi ngồi ở toa số ba. (We are sitting in carriage number three.)
- Toa này chuyên chở hàng hóa. (This car carries freight.)
- Noun (Prescription):
- Bác sĩ kê một toa thuốc. (The doctor wrote a prescription.)
- Noun (Funnel):
- Đổ thóc vào toa của máy quạt. (Pour the rice into the hopper of the winnowing machine.)
Advanced Usage
- "toa thuốc": Specifically refers to a medical prescription.
- Cô ấy đem toa thuốc ra hiệu thuốc. (She took the prescription to the pharmacy.)
Variants and Related Words
- Toa hành khách (n): Passenger carriage.
- Toa chở hàng (n): Freight car, goods wagon.
- Toa đầu máy (n): Locomotive (though technically the engine, not a carriage).
- Toa giấy (n): Can refer to a prescription slip or an itemized bill/receipt.
Synonyms
- Carriage / Coach / Car: For passenger transport on rails.
- Prescription / Script: For a doctor's medical order.
- Hopper / Funnel: For a guiding chute.
Related Idioms
- Ăn theo toa: To follow a set pattern or prescription, often used figuratively to mean doing something in a routine, unoriginal way.
- Bài viết của anh ấy chỉ ăn theo toa cũ. (His writing just follows the old formula.)