房房

fáng

HSK 1HSK 1 (Write)Very Common

Basic Meaning

often used with 子 as 房子 in modern Chinese

house; building (for living or storing things)

（~子）住人或放东西用的建筑物。

Words:

楼房平房房屋瓦房房子

Sentences:

这(zhè)栋(dòng)楼(lóu)房(fáng)很(hěn)漂(piào)亮(liàng)
This building is very beautiful.
我(wǒ)租(zū)了(le)一(yī)个(gè)小(xiǎo)房(fáng)子(zi)
I rented a small house.

commonly used in compound words for specific types of rooms

room

房间。

Words:

房中书房卧房厨房客房

Sentences:

我(wǒ)的(de)书(shū)房(fáng)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)很(hěn)多(duō)书(shū)
There are many books in my study room.
厨(chú)房(fáng)在(zài)房(fáng)子(zi)的(de)后(hòu)面(miàn)
The kitchen is at the back of the house.

used in metaphorical or biological contexts, e.g., 心房 (heart chamber)

structure or object resembling a house

结构和作用像房子的东西。

Words:

心房蜂房莲房

Sentences:

蜜(mì)蜂(fēng)住(zhù)在(zài)蜂(fēng)房(fáng)里(lǐ)
Bees live in honeycombs.
医(yī)生(shēng)检(jiǎn)查(chá)了(le)他(tā)的(de)心(xīn)房(fáng)
The doctor examined his heart chamber.

used in traditional family terms, often in historical or formal contexts

branch of a family

指家族的分支。

Words:

大房二房长房远房堂房

Sentences:

他(tā)是(shì)我(wǒ)们(mén)家(jiā)族(zú)的(de)大(dà)房(fáng)
He is the eldest branch of our family.
我(wǒ)有(yǒu)一(yī)个(gè)远(yuǎn)房(fáng)亲(qīn)戚(qi)在(zài)北(běi)京(jīng)
I have a distant relative in Beijing.

Radical户

Structuresemi_enclosed

Stroke Count8

Strokes丶𠃍一丿丶一𠃌丿

room

Housing