Definition

1. Noun:
   • House, dwelling: "phòng ốc" is an older term referring to a house or a place of residence in general.
   • Rooms and buildings: It can also broadly refer to the rooms and structures that make up a living space.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Gia đình tôi đang sửa sang lại phòng ốc. (My family is renovating the house.)
  • Ông ấy có nhiều phòng ốc cho thuê trong thành phố. (He has many dwellings for rent in the city.)

Advanced Usage

• "phòng ốc khang trang": a spacious and well-built house.

  • Họ vừa mua một căn nhà, phòng ốc rất khang trang. (They just bought a house; the dwelling is very spacious and well-built.)

• "tu bổ phòng ốc": to repair or refurbish a house.

  • Sau trận bão, họ phải tu bổ lại toàn bộ phòng ốc. (After the storm, they had to repair the entire house.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhà cửa (n): house, home (a more common, modern synonym).

  • Anh ấy đầu tư vào nhà cửa. (He invests in real estate/houses.)

• Căn nhà (n): a house (referring to a specific house unit).

  • Đó là một căn nhà đẹp. (That is a beautiful house.)

Synonyms

• Nhà ở: residence, dwelling.
• Dinh cơ: mansion, large residence (more formal/literary).
• Chỗ ở: place to live, accommodation.

Related Phrases

• Phòng the: (archaic) bedroom; often used in classical literature to refer to private chambers.
  • Câu chuyện xảy ra trong phòng the. (The story happened in the bedchamber.)

Related Idioms

• "An cư lạc nghiệp": (idiom) To settle down and thrive in one's career. This idiom relates to the concept of having a stable dwelling ("an cư").
  • Có phòng ốc ổn định mới có thể an cư lạc nghiệp. (Only with a stable dwelling can one settle down and thrive.)

1. (từ cũ) House, dwelling