房 (fong4 fong4*2 | fang2) : room; house

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房

fong4 fong4*2

fang2

[1] room; chamber; cubicle
[2] house; cottage; building
[3] house-like structure
[4] branch of an extended family
[5] wife; concubine

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 戶 (#63)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

房

This word has been viewed 20674 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 16th Nov 2014 08:49

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散房 saan2 fong4 san4 fang2 = Single Room Occupancy (SRO) - type of low income housing

車房 ce1 fong4 = garage; vehicle repair shop 粵

沖涼房 cung1 loeng4 fong4*2 chong1 liang2 fang2 = bathroom 粵

房子 fong4 zi2 fang2 zi5 = house; apartment; dwelling; residence; room

書房 syu1 fong4*2 shu1 fang2 = den; study room

房間 fong4 gaan1 fang2 jian1 = room

票房 piu3 fong4 piao4 fang2 = box office (lit. "ticket room")

房屋 fong4 uk1 fang2 wu1 = house; housing; building

板間房 baan2 gaan3 fong4*2 ban3 jian1 fang2 = subdivided flat 粵

劏房 tong1 fong4*2 = subdivided flat 粵
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請問，附近哪裡有藥房呀？國
Excuse me, is there a pharmacy around here?

呢間房黑猛猛粵
This room is pitch black.

間房係屈質啲,將就下啦。粵
The room is indeed cramped, please make do with it.
[[i]literal[/i] (classifier) room is cramped indeed, make-do-with a-little (particle)]

我想租一間包括水電費的房子。國
I want to rent a house that has utilities included.

如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?

我唔理個房幾細, 求其有張床就得喇粵
I don't mind how small the room is as long as there is a bed inside.

間房係專門用嚟開會嘅。粵
The room is given over to meetings.

唔怪之得廚房啲罐頭逐一逐樣噉唔見咗，原來係你鼠竊狗偷粵
No wonder the can foods in the kitchen has been disappearing one by one; so you are the one stealing them.

小面積房子最熱銷
Small houses are most in demand

這區的房子最暢銷
The houses in the area is most sellable.

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