Meaning of 房间
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- room
Measure word: 間|间
How to use 房间
房间 is the everyday word for a room in a home, hotel, or dorm. It often takes the measure word 个 (gè) or 间 (jiān). Example: 我的房间很小。(Wǒ de fángjiān hěn xiǎo.) My room is very small.
房 (fáng) means house, and 间 (jiān) means a space or section between walls. Put them together and a room is one space inside a house.
Common mistake: Learners often say the second syllable with a fourth tone, as in 中间 used for "between" (jiàn in some words), but in 房间 it is first tone: fángjiān. Also do not use 房间 for a whole house; that is 房子 (fángzi).
房间 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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房 fáng · building · 8 strokes
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间 jiān · between · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 房间.
| 时间 | shíjiān | (concept of) time; (duration of) time |
| 房子 | fángzi | house; building (single- or two-story) |
| 中间 | zhōngjiān | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among |
| 洗手间 | xǐshǒujiān | toilet; lavatory |
| 住房 | zhùfáng | housing |
| 房租 | fángzū | rent for a room or house |
| 卫生间 | wèishēngjiān | bathroom; toilet |
| 房屋 | fángwū | house; building |
| 房东 | fángdōng | landlord |
| 民间 | mínjiān | among the people; popular |
| 之间 | zhījiān | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressi |
| 空间 | kōngjiān | space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway |
Questions about 房间
What does 房间 mean?
房间 (fángjiān) means "room" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 房间?
房间 is made of 2 characters: 房 (8 strokes), 间 (7 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.
Is 房间 an HSK word?
Yes. 房间 is on the HSK 1 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 房间 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 房间 is written 房間.
How do I say "book a hotel room" in Chinese?
You can say 订房间 (dìng fángjiān). For example, 我想订一个房间。(Wǒ xiǎng dìng yí gè fángjiān.) I would like to book a room.
Is 房间 the same as 屋子 (wūzi)?
They overlap, and both can mean room. 房间 is the standard, neutral word used everywhere, while 屋子 sounds more colloquial and is more common in northern speech.