cửa ngách

cửa ngách

Nhà tôi có một cửa ngách dẫn thẳng ra vườn sau.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A small door, a side door, a wicket gate: A secondary, often smaller, door located within or next to a larger main door or gate, used for convenient passage without opening the main entrance.
    • A narrow entrance, a side entrance: An entrance that is less prominent or smaller than the main one, often leading to a side area or providing an alternative access point.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • Nhà tôi có một cửa ngách dẫn thẳng ra vườn sau. (My house has a side door leading directly to the back garden.)
    • Hãy vào bằng cửa ngách, cửa chính đang bị hỏng. (Please enter through the side door; the main door is broken.)
    • Cổng lớn dành cho xe, còn cửa ngách này dành cho người đi bộ. (The large gate is for vehicles, and this wicket gate is for pedestrians.)
Advanced Usage

  • "Mở cửa ngách": To open the side door/wicket gate.

    • Anh bảo vệ mở cửa ngách cho khách vào. (The security guard opened the wicket gate for the guests to enter.)

  • "Lối đi cửa ngách": A passageway or path accessed via a side door.

    • Có một lối đi cửa ngách rất kín đáo phía sau tòa nhà. (There is a very discreet passageway via a side door behind the building.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Cửa hậu (n): Back door. Often used interchangeably with "cửa ngách" but can specifically imply a door at the rear of a building.
  • Cửa phụ (n): Auxiliary door, secondary door. A more general term for any non-main door.
  • Cổng nhỏ (n): Small gate. Can be similar but often refers to an exterior gate rather than a door in a wall.
Synonyms
  • Cửa bên: Side door.
  • Lối vào phụ: Secondary entrance.
Related Phrases

  • Vào cửa ngách: To enter through the side door/wicket gate.

    • Vì đến muộn, anh ấy phải vào cửa ngách. (Because he arrived late, he had to enter through the side door.)

  • Ra cửa ngách: To exit through the side door/wicket gate.

    • Để tránh đám đông, cô ấy đã ra cửa ngách. (To avoid the crowd, she exited through the side door.)
Related Idioms
  • Đường cùng cửa ngách: A dead-end alley; a situation with no way out. This idiom uses "cửa ngách" metaphorically to mean a narrow, confined path leading to a dead end.
    • Công ty đó giờ đã đến đường cùng cửa ngách, sắp phá sản. (That company has now reached a dead end and is about to go bankrupt.)