房間

See also: 房间

Chinese

	house	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (房間)	房	間
simp. (房间)	房	间
alternative forms	旁宮／旁宫 Singapore Teochew
anagram	間房／间房

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): fángjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фонҗян (fonži͡an, I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): fong⁴ gaan¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fòng-kiên / fòng-kiân

(Hailu, HRS): fong gien^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): bùng-găng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bang² ge¹ / bang² ginn¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pâng-keng / pâng-kuiⁿ / pâng-kan / pâng-kiⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): bang⁵ goin¹ / bang⁵ gain¹ / pang⁵ gêng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶vaon-ke

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fángjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fángjian
  - Wade–Giles: fang²-chien¹
  - Yale: fáng-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: farngjian
  - Palladius: фанцзянь (fanczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фонҗян (fonži͡an, I-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ²⁴ t͡ɕiæ̃⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fong⁴ gaan¹
  - Yale: fòhng gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fong⁴ gaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fong⁴ gan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng-kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˇ gien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong² gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fòng-kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˇ gian^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fong² gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fong gien^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /foŋ⁵⁵ kien⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bùng-găng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /puŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ŋaŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bang² ge¹ [Phonetic: bang⁵ nge¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: báng-ga̤ⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ¹³⁻¹¹ ^(k-)ŋe⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bang² ginn¹ [Phonetic: bang⁵ ngi¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ²⁴⁻²¹ ^(k-)ŋi⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Penang, Philippines, Medan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng-keng
  - Tâi-lô: pâng-king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pangkefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /paŋ²³⁻²¹ keŋ³³/
  - IPA (Philippines): /paŋ²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /paŋ²⁴⁻²¹ keŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /paŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²³⁻³³ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng-kuiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pâng-kuinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pangkvuy
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /paŋ²⁴⁻²² kuĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng-kan
  - Tâi-lô: pâng-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pangkafn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ¹³⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Longyan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng-kiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pâng-kinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pangkvy
  - IPA (Longyan): /paŋ¹¹ kĩ³³⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bang⁵ goin¹ / bang⁵ gain¹ / pang⁵ gêng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pâng koiⁿ / pâng kaiⁿ / phâng keng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kõĩ³³/, /paŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kãĩ³³/, /pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ keŋ³³/

Note:

bang5 goin1 - Chaozhou;
bang5 gain1 - Jieyang;
pang5 gêng1 - Singapore, from Hokkien.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶vaon-ke
  - MiniDict: vaon^去 ke
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³vaan-ke
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vɑ̃²² ke⁴⁴/

Noun

房間

room (in a building or house) (Classifier: 個／个; 間／间)
房間分隔物／房间分隔物 ― fángjiān fēngéwù ― room divider

整理房間／整理房间 ― zhěnglǐ fángjiān ― to tidy up a room

打掃房間／打扫房间 ― dǎsǎo fángjiān ― to clean a room

Synonyms

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室 (shì) (literary, or in compounds)
居室 (jūshì)
屋子 (wūzi) (colloquial)
房頭 / 房头 (fángtóu) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 房間 (“room”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		房間
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	屋子, 屋兒, 屋, 房
	Taiwan	房間
	Ulanhot	屋兒
	Tongliao	屋兒
	Chifeng	房間
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	屋兒
	Harbin	屋子
	Malaysia	房間
	Singapore	房間
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	屋子, 屋, 房子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	房子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	房間兒
	Wanrong	房兒
	Xi'an	房子, 房
	Xuzhou	屋
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	屋
	Bayanhot	房間
	Lanzhou	房子
	Ürümqi	房子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	房子, 屋子, 屋, 房間
	Wuhan	房, 房間
	Guiyang	房間
	Guilin	房間
	Liuzhou	房間, 房
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	房間, 房, 房子
	Yangzhou	房間
	Hefei	房, 屋子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	房, 房間
	Hong Kong	房
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	房間
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	房
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	間肚
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	房間
	Macau	房
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	房
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	屋仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	房
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	房
	Foshan	房
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	房
	Foshan (Shunde)	房
	Foshan (Sanshui)	房
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	房
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	房
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	房
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	房
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	房
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	房
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	房
	Taishan	房
	Kaiping (Chikan)	房
	Enping (Niujiang)	房
	Heshan (Yayao)	房
	Dongguan	房, 房間
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	房間
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	房
	Shaoguan	房
	Yunfu	房間
	Yangjiang	屋間, 間
	Xinyi	房, 房間
	Lianjiang	房
	Nanning	房, 屋
	Wuzhou	房, 屋
	Yulin	房間, 屋
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	房間, 屋
	Danzhou	房
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	房
	Singapore (Guangfu)	房
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	房間, 房
Gan	Nanchang	房間, 房
	Poyang	房間
	Yugan	房間
	Wannian	房間
	Yiyang, Jiangxi	間
	Hengfeng	間
	Yanshan (Hekou)	間
	Lichuan	房仔, 房間
	Pingxiang	房
Hakka	Meixian	房間, 間仔, 間, 屋仔
	Xingning	間
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	房間
	Huiyang	房間
	Huidong (Daling)	間
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	房
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	房間
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	房間
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	間
	Wengyuan	間
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	房間
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	房
	Liannan	間
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	間
	Jiexi	間
	Luhe	房間
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	屋
	Changting	間哩, 間
	Wuping	間
	Wuping (Yanqian)	間
	Wuping (Pingyu)	間
	Liancheng	間哩, 間
	Ninghua	房間
	Yudu	間, 房間, 歇間
	Ningdu	間
	Ruijin	間
	Shicheng	間
	Shangyou (Shexi)	間
	Tonggu (Sandu)	間
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	間
	Dayu	間
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	間房, 房間, 間
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	房間, 間房
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	間房, 房間
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	間房, 房間
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	間房, 房間
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	房間, 間房
	Hong Kong	間肚, 間
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	房間
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	房間
	Xinyi (Sihe)	間
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	房
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	屋房
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	房間
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	間角 large, 房 small
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	間
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	間
	Mengshan (Xihe)	間
	Luchuan	間
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	房間
	Senai (Huiyang)	房間
	Kuching (Hepo)	房間
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	房間
	Singkawang	間肚
Huizhou	Jixi	房
	Shexian	房
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	房間
	Xiuning	房, 房間
	Yixian	房
	Qimen	房
	Wuyuan	房
	Dexing	房間
Jin	Taiyuan	家, 房子
	Xinzhou	家
	Taibus (Baochang)	房屋
	Linhe	房間
	Jining	房子, 房
	Hohhot	家合兒, 家裡頭
	Baotou	房子, 房
	Dongsheng	房間
	Haibowan	屋子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	房間
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	厝間
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	間
	Jianyang	厝間
	Wuyishan	厝間
	Pucheng (Shibei)	厝間
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	房裡, 房間, 房
	Fuzhou (Changle)	房裡
	Fuqing	房裡, 房間
	Yongtai	間裡
	Gutian	間裡
	Fu'an	間裡
	Ningde	間裡
	Shouning	間裡
	Zhouning	間裡
	Fuding	間裡
	Matsu	房裡, 房間
Southern Min	Xiamen	房間, 厝間, 房, 口間
	Quanzhou	房間, 房
	Jinjiang	厝間
	Yongchun	房
	Zhangzhou	房間, 房
	Kaohsiung	房間
	Penang (Hokkien)	房間
	Singapore (Hokkien)	房間, 厝間
	Manila (Hokkien)	房間, 房
	Longyan	房間
	Zhangping	間內
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	間內, 間房
	Datian	房間
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	房間, 屋
	Chaozhou	房
	Shantou	房
	Jieyang	房, 間囝
	Haifeng	房間
	Bangkok (Teochew)	房間
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	房間
	Singapore (Teochew)	房間
	Leizhou	房
	Wenchang	房
	Haikou	房
	Qionghai	房
Puxian Min	Putian	房間, 厝間
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	房間, 厝間
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	厝間
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	房間, 厝間
	Xianyou	厝間, 房間
	Xianyou (Fengting)	房間
	Xianyou (Youyang)	房間
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	房
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	房
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	房, 房間
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	房間
Wu	Shanghai	房間
	Suzhou	房間
	Danyang	房間
	Hangzhou	房間
	Ningbo	房間
	Wenzhou	間, 房間
	Jinhua	房, 房間
	Shangrao	房間
	Shangrao (Guangfeng)	間
	Yushan	房間
Xiang	Changsha	房, 屋 not used as a bedroom
	Loudi	房
	Shuangfeng	房, 屋 not used as a bedroom
	Quanzhou	房間, 屋子

Derived terms

中文房間 / 中文房间 (zhōngwén fángjiān)
房間裡的大象 / 房间里的大象 (fángjiān lǐ de dàxiàng)
開房間 / 开房间 (kāi fángjiān)

Descendants

→ Peranakan Indonesian: pangkeng

References

李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “593 屋子 (房间，单间)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 349.