address (street address)
地 址
di4zhi3
alcove
凹 室
ao1shi4
At least one of you should clean up this room. (lai2 来 means 'to do' in this sentence)
你 们 至 少 有 一 个 人 应 留 下 来 打 扫 房 间 。
Ni3men zhi4shao3 you3 yi2ge4 ren2 ying1 liu2xia4 lai2 da2sao3 fang2jian1.
basement
地 下 室
di4xia4shi4
The garden behind the house isn't very big.
房 子 后 边 的 花 园 不 很 大 。
Fang2zi hou4bian1 de hua1yuan2 bu4 hen3 da4.
We live in a brick house. (fill in forms, fill in the blank)
我 们 住 在 一 座 砖 房 子 里 。
Wo3men zhu4 zai4 yi2 zuo4 zhuan1 fang2zi li3.
water and electricity charges
水 电 费
shui3dian4fei4
clean, neat and tidy; completely, totally; to be clean and tidy
干 净
gan1jing4
My mother told me to clean the room after I finished writing the letter. (can also just say hou4 rather than zhi1hou4)
妈 妈 让 我 写 完 信 之 后 收 拾 房 间 。
Ma1ma rang4 wo3 xie3 wan2 xin4 zhi1hou4 shou1shi fang2jian1.
courtyard, yard (surrounded by the house in traditional buildings)
院 子
yuan4zi
The house has five doors.
房 子 有 五 扇 门 。
Fang2zi you3 wu3 shan4 men2.
main door
大 门
da4men2
door
门
men2
doorbell
门 铃
men2ling2
downstairs, ground floor
楼 下
lou2xia4
elevator
电 梯
dian4ti1
family, home (but house= yi1 zhuo3 fang2zi)
家
jia1
first floor (ground floor in Europe)
一 楼
yi4lou2
I live on the first floor.
我 住 在 一 楼 。
Wo3 zhu4 zai4 yi1lou2.
a cluster of fresh flowers (see shu4 for the standard measure word for bouquet -- if you say "cu4" it means that the flowers are growing in a field -- means a group of flowers)
一 簇 鲜 花 儿
yi2 cu4 xian1 hua1r
garage
车 库
che1ku4
two layer garden (terraced)
两 层 院 子
liang3 ceng2 yuan4zi
alcove in wall, shelf recessed into hole in wall for storage (qiang2dong4 is used most of the time to specify that it is on the wall -- in Shanghai, it's a greenhouse)
洞 子
dong4zi
at home, around home
家 里
jia1li3
Is there anyone home?
家 里 有 人 吗 ？
Jia1li3 you3ren2 ma?
a house
一 所 房 子
yi4 suo(r)3 fang2zi
family house, family's house (common combination -- my family's house -- that family's house)
家 房 子
jia1 fang2zi
house
房 子
fang2zi
housing, accommodation
住 房
zhu4fang2
He inserts the key into the keyhole. (He inserts the key into the hole of the lock.)
他 把 钥 匙 插 进 锁 孔 。
Ta1 ba3 yao4shi cha1 jin4 suo3kong3.
a key (same character as 匙 chi2 = spoon, but it is pronounced shi when referring to a key)
一 把 钥 匙
yi4 ba3 yao4shi
a bunch of keys
一 串 钥 匙
yi2 chuan4 yao4shi
key (same character as 匙 chi2 = spoon, but it is pronounced shi when referring to a key)
钥 匙
yao4shi
to knock (at the door)
敲 门
qiao1 men2
a lock
一 把 锁
yi4 ba3 suo3
lock; to lock
锁
suo3
a door lock
一 把 门 锁
yi4 ba3 men2 suo3
to pull out the plug, to pull the plug, to remove the plug, to unbolt (electric)
拔 插 销
ba2 cha1xiao1
rent, house rent
房 租
fang2zu1
roof
屋 顶
wu1ding3
in the room
屋 里
wu1li3
room, partition (measure word for amount of space)
间
jian1
room
房 间
fang2jian1
window screen
纱 窗
sha1chuang1
a layer of window screen
一 层 纱 窗
yi4 ceng2 sha1chuang1
to settle down, to set up house
安 家
an1jia1
sink, pond (oral usage), pool (kitchen sink -- "chi2" generally means an enclosed space with raised sides, will find it with modifiers to mean dance floor, garden, bathhouse pool, swimming pool -- or if the meaning is clear, will drop the modifier and just use chi2zi.)
池 子
chi2zi
steps (of a staircase, usually stone or cement exterior steps or entry steps)
台 阶
tai2jie1
five flights of stairs
五 层 台 阶
wu3 ceng2 tai2jie1
study (study room)
书 房
shu1fang2
This house belongs to his uncle. (While this is proper, it is not used orally -- Would say 'This house is his uncle's.)
这 栋 房 子 属 于 他 （ 的 ） 叔 叔 。
Zhe4 dong4 fang2zi shu3yu2 ta1(de) shu1shu.
This house is his uncle's. (this is the usual way of saying orally that something belongs to someone)
这 栋 房 子 是 他 叔 叔 的 。
Zhe4 dong4 fang2zi shi4 ta1 shu1shu de.
upstairs
楼 上
lou2shang4
How much are the water and electricity charges for this month?
这 个 月 的 水 电 费 是 多 少 ？
Zhe4 ge4 yue4 de shui3dian4fei4 shi4 duo1shao?
window
窗 户
chuang1hu
double layer window
双 层 窗
shuang1 ceng2 chuang1
a layer of glass
一 层 玻 璃
yi4 ceng2 bo1li
workshop
车 间
che1jian1
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