房间 (fángjiān) — room

房间 (fángjiān)

A noun meaning room, specifically a room inside a building such as a bedroom, hotel room, or living room. It combines 房 (house, building) and 间 (space between, room).

Meanings

1. [noun] Room, a space inside a building.

Example Sentences

我的房间不大，但很干净。 Wǒ de fángjiān bù dà, dàn hěn gānjìng. My room is not big, but it is very clean.

请打扫一下你的房间。 Qǐng dǎsǎo yīxià nǐ de fángjiān. Please clean up your room.

这家宾馆的房间很舒服。 Zhè jiā bīnguǎn de fángjiān hěn shūfu. The rooms at this hotel are very comfortable.

我想要一个安静的房间。 Wǒ xiǎng yào yīgè ānjìng de fángjiān. I would like a quiet room.

Collocations

Memory Hook

房 is a building with a roof (the character has a roof radical at the top) and 间 is the space between two walls. A room is the space inside a building, bounded by walls.