(fáng jiān) - room (in a building) in Mandarin
fángjiānTraditional: 房間
HSK 3
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Translation
room (in a building)
Word origin
A compound of 房 (fang) 'house, room', built on the 户 'door' radical, and 间 (jian) 'space, interval', which depicts the sun or moon seen through a gate 门. Together: a 'room'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 房 (fang, 'room', 户 door radical) + 间 (jian, 'space', 门 gate radical)
Stroke order
房
间
Examples
。
My room is very small.
扫。
Clean the room.
锁。
He locked the room door.
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It's too hot in the room.
扫。
Please tidy the room.
房间 (fáng jiān) - room (in a building).
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