Writing
房子 (fáng zi) — how to say "house" in Chinese
房子
House, apartment
noun
Character composition
房
house
子
noun suffix
Radicals / Keys
子
Child
#39 · zǐ · 3 strokes
戶
Door
#63 · hù · 4 strokes
Synonyms
Collocations
房子里面
fángzi lǐmiàn
inside the house
打扫房子
dǎsǎo fángzi
clean the house
Examples
他买了一个新房子在城市里。
He bought a new house in the city.
我的房子很大。
My house is very big.
Mnemonic
[fáng zi-] Fang (fáng) builds a little house for his toy rabbit 🐰. He puts up walls and a roof and shouts, "This is my 房子!" The rabbit hops inside and peeks out the window.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say "house" in Chinese?
"house" in Chinese is 房子 (fáng zi).
房子 meaning in English
房子 (fáng zi) means "House, apartment".
How to pronounce house in Chinese?
It is pronounced fáng zi (written as fang zi, fangzi). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
House in Chinese character
It is written 房子: 房 has 8 strokes, 子 has 3 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK 3.0 level is 房子?
房子 is on the HSK 3.0 level 3 word list. It is not part of the six-level HSK 2.0 lists.
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