Meaning
house
Chinese: 房屋、房间。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “fang” becomes a different word in each tone. 房 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 房子fáng zihouse; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room
- 房间fáng jiānroom
- 住房zhù fánghousing
- 厨房chú fángkitchen
- 房屋fáng wūhouse; building
Example Sentence
我们家的房子有三个房间。Wǒ men jiā de fáng zi yǒu sān ge fáng jiān.Our house has three rooms.
我们Wǒ menwe家的jiā dewife房子fáng zihouse有yǒuto have三sānthree个ge(measure word)房间fáng jiānroom。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
A door (户) plus 方 (fāng, sound): a space entered through a door — a ‘room / house’.
A way to remember it
A door (户) + the sound 方 — a room.
Easy to confuse with
- 户‘Door’: the top of 房 — the doorway of the room.