fáng jiān
room
我在房间里。
wǒ zài fáng jiān lǐ.
I am in the room.
房间里有张床。
fáng jiān lǐ yǒu zhāng chuáng.
There is a bed in the room.
房间很干净。
fáng jiān hěn gān jìng.
The room is very clean.
屋子 (wū zi)
room
房子 (fáng zi)
house
居室 (jū shì)
living room
室外 (shìwài)
outdoors
户外 (hùwài)
outdoors
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The Chinese word 房间 (fángjiān) for "room" is composed of two characters: 房 (fáng) and 间 (jiān). The character 房 originally meant "house" or "room", and it is believed to have originated from a pictograph of a building with a roof. The character 间 originally meant "space" or "interval", and it is believed to have originated from a pictograph of two doors facing each other. When combined, the two characters 房 and 间 form the word 房间, which literally means "a space within a house" or "a room". The word 房间 is commonly used in Mandarin Chinese to refer to a room in a house, apartment, or other building.
