房 fáng — house; room; building; apartment; chamber; residence; housing

房
fáng

Level 1 · Common HSK 1 #1290

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Basic definition

  1. noun house; room; building; apartment; chamber; residence; housing e.g 房屋房间楼房
  2. noun house-shaped thing; chamber; compartment; ventricle; atrial; lobe e.g 心房蜂房

Detailed explanation

noun
  1. (形声。从户，方声。上古边室皆用单扇门(即“户”)，庙门大门才用双扇门，故“房”从“户”。本义:正室左右的住室)
  2. side room e.g 厢房 房植 · 房奥
  3. building;house e.g 库房住房私房 房宇
  4. room e.g 房卧 · 房头 · 房户
  5. government organ
  6. temple
  7. house-like structure e.g 心房 蛎房
  8. branch of a family
  9. 房族，近支宗亲。如:房亲(指家族近支宗亲);房分(家族的分支);房长(家族内各房的掌管人);房分兄弟(同宗而非嫡亲的堂房弟弟)
  10. 宗族分支单位。如:房头;左房;次房
  11. wife e.g 正房偏房填房 房内 · 房老
  12. name of office or service
  13. shop
  14. arrow bag
  15. sacrificial vessel
  16. a kind of star
  17. 姓
measure word
  1. string
  2. one

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