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HSK 2

房间

room

nounneutral
房
fáng2nd tone
间
jiān1st tone

HSK level

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Pinyin
fángjiān
Part of speech
noun
Level
HSK 2
Strokes
15
Register
neutral
Measure word
个 / 间

Stroke order for 房间

房间 is written with 15 strokes (房: 8, 间: 7). The animation replays automatically.

What does 房间 mean?

房间 (fángjiān) means 'room' — a single enclosed space inside a building, whether a bedroom, hotel room, office, or any private interior.

It's the everyday word a Chinese speaker reaches for when talking about 'my room' (我的房间), 'a hotel room' (酒店房间), or 'cleaning the room' (打扫房间). Unlike English 'room,' which can also mean 'space' (no room left), 房间 only refers to physical enclosed spaces — for the abstract 'space / room,' Chinese uses 空间 (kōngjiān) or 地方 (dìfang).

The character 间 inside 房间 also doubles as the room's measure word, which is why you'll hear both 一个房间 and 一间房间 ('one room'); 间 sounds slightly more standard for hotel and rental contexts. For specific room types, Chinese uses compounds: 卧室 ('bedroom'), 客厅 ('living room'), 厨房 ('kitchen').

Character by character

房fánghouse; building
+
间jiānbetween; room (measure word)
=
房间

Example sentences

我的房间很小。

Wǒ de fángjiān hěn xiǎo.

My room is very small.

spoken

请打扫一下房间。

Qǐng dǎsǎo yíxià fángjiān.

Please clean the room.

neutral

我们订了一个酒店房间。

Wǒmen dìng le yí ge jiǔdiàn fángjiān.

We booked a hotel room.

neutral

他在房间里看书。

Tā zài fángjiān li kàn shū.

He's reading in the room.

spoken

这个房间有两扇窗户。

Zhège fángjiān yǒu liǎng shàn chuānghu.

This room has two windows.

neutral

Common phrases with 房间

我的房间wǒ de fángjiānmy room
打扫房间dǎsǎo fángjiānto clean the room
酒店房间jiǔdiàn fángjiānhotel room
进房间jìn fángjiānto enter a room
一个房间yí ge fángjiānone room

Synonyms

屋子wūzi

屋子 also means 'room' but is more colloquial and tilts toward northern Chinese speech. 房间 is the standard, neutral choice; 屋子 sounds homier.

房fáng

房 alone means 'house / room' but is mostly used in compounds (厨房 'kitchen', 书房 'study') or in real-estate contexts (买房, 'buy a house'). 房间 is the everyday word for a single room.

Don't confuse 房间 with

房子fángzi

房子 is a 'house / building' as a whole structure. 房间 is a single room INSIDE the house. 我的房子 = my house; 我的房间 = my (bed)room.

厨房chúfáng

厨房 is specifically 'kitchen.' Don't say 厨房房间 — the 房 is already there. Same for 卧房 / 卧室 (bedroom).

教室jiàoshì

教室 is 'classroom' — a specific room type with its own word. You wouldn't say 教室房间; just 教室.

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