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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 房 (“room”). Doublet of buồng.
Noun
(classifier căn) phòng
- a room
- phòng ngủ ― a bedroom
- phòng 2, lầu 2 ― room 2, 2nd floor
- phòng thí nghiệm ― a laboratory
- a flat-like room for rent
- Synonyms: phòng trọ, phòng cho thuê
Noun
phòng
- (government) a department directly under a ministry (bộ)
Derived terms
- cấm phòng (禁房, “immurement”)
- động phòng (洞房)
- khuê phòng (閨房, “boudoir”)
- phó phòng (副房, “deputy chief of bureau”)
- phòng ăn (“dining-room”)
- phòng đợi (“waiting-room”)
- phòng học (房學, “classroom”)
- phòng khách (房客, “living-room”)
- phòng khám
- phòng mạch (房脈, “surgery, clinic”)
- phòng mổ
- phòng ngủ (“bedroom”)
- phòng ốc (房屋, “room, dwelling”)
- phòng tắm (“bathroom”)
- phòng thí nghiệm (房實驗, “laboratory”)
- phòng trà (房茶, “tea-room”)
- phòng văn (房文, “(obsolete) study”)
- thư phòng (書房, “library”)
- trưởng phòng (長房, “chief, manager”)
- văn phòng (文房, “office”)
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Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 防 (“to prevent”).
Verb
phòng
- to prevent, ward off
Derived terms
- biên phòng (邊防)
- canh phòng (更防, “to watch”)
- dự phòng (預防, “reserve”)
- đề phòng (提防, “to prevent”)
- lính phòng không
- phòng bệnh (防病, “prophylactic”)
- phòng bị (防備, “to take precautions against”)
- phòng chống
- phòng dịch (防疫, “to prevent epidemic”)
- phòng giữ (“to prevent”)
- phòng hạn (防旱, “drought prevention”)
- phòng hoả (防火, “fire prevention”)
- phòng hộ (防護, “protective”)
- phòng khi (“in anticipation of”)
- phòng không (防空, “air defense”)
- phòng ngự (防禦, “to defend”)
- phòng ngừa (“to prevent”)
- phòng thân (防身, “to preserve oneself”)
- phòng thủ (防守, “to defend”)
- phòng tuyến (防線, “defence line”)
- phòng vệ (防衛, “to defend”)
- phòng xa (“to foresee”)
- quốc phòng (國防, “national defence”)
Romanization
phòng
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 房
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 坊
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 肪
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 防
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 妨
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 魴
- Sino-Vietnamese reading of 𣃞
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