zhù fáng
housing; lodging
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我住在北京市中心的一套公寓里。
wǒ zhù zài běi jīng shì zhōng xīn de yī tào gōng yù lǐ.
I live in an apartment in the city center of Beijing.
这套住房的面积很大，有三室两厅两卫。
zhè tào zhù fáng de miàn jī hěn dà, yǒu sān shì liǎng tīng liǎng wèi.
This apartment is very spacious, with three bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms.
住房的价格很贵，但是地段很好。
zhù fáng de jià gé hěn guì, dànshì dì duàn hěn hǎo.
The apartment is very expensive, but the location is very good.
房屋 (fáng wū)
house
住宅 (zhù zhái)
residence
房屋 (fáng wū)
house
公寓 (gōng yù)
apartment
The Chinese word 住房 (zhùfáng) for "housing" is a compound of two characters: 住 (zhù), meaning "to live" or "to reside", and 房 (fáng), meaning "room" or "house". The character 住 is composed of the radical 人 (rén), meaning "person", and the phonetic component 止 (zhǐ), which indicates that the character is related to the concept of "stopping" or "staying". The character 房 is composed of the radical 木 (mù), meaning "wood", and the phonetic component 方 (fāng), which indicates that the character is related to the concept of "square" or "room". Thus, the compound character 住房 literally means "a place to live" or "a place to reside".
