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房子

Mandarin · pinyin fáng zi

house
building (single- or two-story)
apartment
room
Classifier: 棟 dòng, 幢 zhuàng, 座 zuò, 套 tào, 間 jiān

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房: fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
子: zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch

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2–5 · fang2 zi5

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fong4 zi2

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noun

house; home; apartment (Classifier: 所 m; 棟／栋 m; 幢 m; 座 m; 套 m)
building (Classifier: 所 m; 棟／栋 m; 幢 m; 座 m; 套 m)
room (Classifier: 間／间)

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