房屋 fángwū house
house; building
How to remember 房屋: 房 house + 屋 house = house.
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How it is used
- Housing/buildings as a category - 房屋出租 (fángwū chūzū) house for rent; 房屋买卖 property transactions.
- A formal, collective term for residential structures, common in real-estate, legal, and insurance contexts. Measure words 所/套.
- Distinguish from 房子 (fángzi, the everyday spoken 'house') and 房间 (fángjiān, a room). You live in a 房子; contracts talk about 房屋.
Example sentences
- 这是一所现代房屋。 Zhèshì yīsuǒ xiàndài fángwū.It's a modern house.
- 木质房屋很容易着火。 Mùzhì fángwū hěn róngyì zháohuǒ.A wooden building can easily catch fire.
- 许多房屋被洪水冲走了。 Xǔduō fángwū bèi hóngshuǐ chōngzǒu le.A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.