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房子

fángzi

house

house
Memory picture

Characters in this word

房 fáng

Strokes
8
Radical
户 — door
Made of
户 door 方 square, rectangle
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 房

子 zi

Strokes
3
Radical
子 — son, child
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 这个房子很大。 Zhège fángzi hěn dà. This house is very big.
  • 我们的房子很小。 Wǒmen de fángzi hěn xiǎo. Our house is very small.
  • 他想买新房子。 Tā xiǎng mǎi xīn fángzi. He wants to buy a new house.
  • 房子在学校旁边。 Fángzi zài xuéxiào pángbiān. The house is next to the school.
  • 这间房子不大。 Zhè jiān fángzi bú dà. This house isn't very big.
  • 谁住在这个房子里? Shéi zhù zài zhège fángzi lǐ? Who lives in this house?
  • 妈妈想看那个房子。 Māma xiǎng kàn nàge fángzi. Mom wants to see that house.
  • 房子前边有树吗? Fángzi qiánbian yǒu shù ma? Are there trees in front of the house?
  • 朋友的房子很干净。 Péngyou de fángzi hěn gānjìng. My friend's house is very clean.
  • 房子贵不贵? Fángzi guì bu guì? Is the house expensive?

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