ô tô-buýt

Ô tô-buýt dừng lại để đón hành khách tại trạm chờ.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Bus: A large motor vehicle designed to carry many passengers along a fixed route, typically on scheduled services within a city or region.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tôi đi làm hàng ngày bằng ô tô-buýt. (I go to work every day by bus.)
  • Ô tô-buýt số 10 sẽ đến bến trong 5 phút nữa. (Bus number 10 will arrive at the station in 5 minutes.)
  • Trẻ em và người cao tuổi thường được giảm giá vé ô tô-buýt. (Children and the elderly often get a discount on bus fares.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "ô tô-buýt" is a compound noun, a direct loanword from the French . It is the standard, formal term for a public transport bus in Vietnamese.

Variants and Related Words

• Xe buýt (n): A more common, shortened form of "ô tô-buýt". It is used interchangeably in everyday speech.

  • Xe buýt đã đầy khách. (The bus was full of passengers.)

• Xe đò (n): A term more common in Southern Vietnam, often referring to intercity or provincial buses.

  • Chúng tôi bắt xe đò đi Đà Lạt. (We caught a coach to Da Lat.)

Synonyms

• Bus: A large vehicle carrying passengers by road.
• Coach: A comfortable bus for longer journeys.
• Omnibus: A formal term for a bus.

Related Idioms

• : To miss the bus (can be used literally or figuratively to mean missing an opportunity).
  • Anh ấy đến trễ và đã lỡ chuyến ô tô-buýt quan trọng nhất trong sự nghiệp. (He was late and missed the most important bus of his career.)