wū zi
room
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我在屋子里看书。
wǒ zài wū zi lǐ kàn shū.
I am reading a book in the room.
屋子里很热。
wū zi lǐ hěn rè.
It is very hot in the room.
我住在屋子里。
wǒ zhù zài wū zi lǐ.
I live in the room.
房子 (fángzi)
house
房屋 (fángwū)
building
户外 (hùwài)
outdoors
室外 (shìwài)
outside
The Chinese word 屋子 (wūzi) for "house" or "room" is composed of two characters: 屋 (wū) and 子 (zi). The character 屋 originally meant "roof" and was used to refer to a building's upper structure. It is composed of the radical 木 (mù) for "wood" and the phonetic component 勿 (wù). The character 子 (zi) originally meant "child" and was used as a suffix to indicate a small or diminutive object. In the case of 屋子, the character 子 is used to indicate that the word refers to a small or single house or room. Together, the two characters 屋子 form a compound word that means "house" or "room".
