fáng wū
maisons; immeubles; immeuble d'habitation
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我住在市中心的房屋里。
wǒ zhù zài shì zhōnɡ xīn de fánɡ wū lǐ .
I live in a house in the city center.
这栋房屋很漂亮。
zhè dònɡ fánɡ wū hěn piào liànɡ .
This house is very beautiful.
我想买一套房屋。
wǒ xiǎnɡ mǎi yì tào fánɡ wū .
I want to buy a house.
房子 (fángzi)
house
屋子 (wūzi)
room
户外 (hùwài)
outdoors
街道 (jiēdào)
street
The Chinese word 房屋 (fángwū) for "house" or "building" is composed of two characters: 房 (fáng) and 屋 (wū). The character 房 originally meant "room" or "chamber", and it is composed of two parts: 宀 (miàn), which represents a roof, and 方 (fāng), which means "square" or "room". The character 屋 originally meant "hut" or "shed", and it is composed of two parts: 广 (guǎng), which represents a house, and 韋 (wéi), which means "leather" or "hide". Over time, the two characters 房 and 屋 came to be used together to refer to a house or building in general.
