How to say “room” in Chinese
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“Room” in Chinese is 房间, fáng jiān: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
房间 is read fáng jiān: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On top, 户 “door”.
A 门 “door” with the 日 “sun” showing through the gap.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “房间”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 房间. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 房间里有两个人fángjiānliyǒuliǎnggerénThere are two people in the room.
- 这间房间很大zhèjiānfángjiānhěndàThis room is big.
- 他把房间打扫干净了tābǎfángjiāndǎsǎogānjìngleHe cleaned the room until it was spotless.
- 我把房间打扫干净了wǒbǎfángjiāndǎsǎogānjìngleI cleaned the room until it was spotless.
- 他房间的灯还亮着tāfángjiāndedēngháiliàngzheThe light is still on in his room.
- 周末我要收拾房间。zhōumòwǒyàoshōushifángjiānI need to tidy my room this weekend.
More words from the lesson “At home”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “room” in Chinese?
“Room” in Chinese is 房间, pinyin fángjiān.
What does 房间 mean?
房间 (fángjiān) means “room”.
How do you write 房间?
房间 is 2 characters: 房 (fáng) — house, room; 间 (jiān) — interval; room. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 房间?
房间 is read fángjiān. Tones: fáng — second tone, jiān — first tone. The page has a native speaker recording.
“room” in the lesson “At home”
This word is from the topic “Around the city” of HSK 1. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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