# nhà ống meaning in Vietnamese: tube house (A1)

> nhà ống means “tube house, narrow townhouse” in Vietnamese. Examples with audio, in Northern and Southern wording.

Source: https://vietnamesebuddy.com/words/nha-ong/ · Updated 2026-10-31

**nhà ống**: tube house

Level: A1 (our estimate)

Typed without accents: nha ong

## 1. tube house (noun)

tube house, narrow townhouse

The tall, narrow, deep houses that line Vietnamese streets, often with a shop on the ground floor.

- Nhà tui là nhà ống. — Our house is a tube house.
- Ở Sài Gòn có nhiều nhà ống. — There are lots of tube houses in Saigon.

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