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房
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- 房
- fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
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2 · fang2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
fong2 · fong4 · pong4
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character · Etymology 1
- house
- room (Classifier: 間／间 m c)
- house-like structure
- branch of a family
- wife; concubine
- sexual activity
- (Mainland China) apartment (Classifier: 套 m)
- (Taiwan) apartment (Classifier: 間／间 m)
- Classifier for relatives.
- Classifier for wives, concubines or daughters-in-law.
- Classifier for fruits: bunch
- (～宿) (Chinese astronomy) Room (one of Twenty-Eight Mansions)
- a surname, Fang
- (～縣) Fang County (a county of Shiyan, Hubei, China)
- (obsolete) side room
character · Etymology 2
- used in 阿房宮／阿房宫 (Ēfánggōng, “Epang Palace”)
- used in 房皇 (“wavering; pacing up and down”), alternative form of 彷徨 (pánghuáng)
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