Ngôi nhà
/ŋo˧˥ ɲaː˧˧/
VI
House; home: a building where people live, especially a family
Ngôi nhà của tôi có ba phòng ngủ.
My house has three bedrooms.
Etymology
Derived from Old Vietnamese *nhà meaning dwelling, with the classifier *ngôi used to count upright, structural objects like buildings, which became fixed to the noun in modern Vietnamese.
Memory Aid
Think of the ng- sound as starting 'nest', which is a small home for birds, matching the meaning of a human home/house.
Collocations
ngôi nhà mớingôi nhà cũngôi nhà gỗngôi nhà nhỏngôi nhà đẹp
Synonyms
nhàcăn nhàcư xá
Related Words
căn hộbiệt thựcửa
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