đường goòng
Definition
- Noun:
- Decauville track / Light railway: A narrow-gauge railway or track system, typically temporary or portable, used for transporting materials in industrial settings such as mines, quarries, construction sites, or plantations. It often uses small wagons or carts.
- Tramway / Wagon track: Refers specifically to the rails or the track bed for small, manually pushed or locomotive-pulled trolleys.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Công nhân đang sửa chữa đường goòng trong hầm mỏ. (Workers are repairing the Decauville track inside the mine.)
- Họ chở quặng bằng xe goòng trên đường goòng. (They transport ore by trolley on the wagon track.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is technical and historical, primarily associated with colonial-era and 20th-century industrial operations in Vietnam, such as in mining, sugarcane plantations, or large construction projects.
Variants and Related Words
- Đường sắt (n): railway, railroad. A broader term for any standard railway.
- Xe goòng (n): trolley, wagon, handcar. The vehicle that runs on the .
- Đường ray (n): rails. The metal tracks themselves.
Synonyms
- Narrow-gauge railway
- Light railway
- Industrial tramway
- Wagonway
Notes
- The term is a direct phonetic adaptation from the French , a company famous for producing portable narrow-gauge rail systems. Its usage in Vietnamese is quite specific to certain industries and historical contexts.