phòng ốc
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Definition
- 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.)
- (từ cũ) House, dwelling