平房

píngfáng

noun #24,229

Measure Word

一间平房 jiān

Meanings

1 bungalow
2 single-story house
3 one-story building

Characters

Examples

他们住在郊区的一栋平房里。

Tāmen zhù zài jiāoqū de yī dòng píngfáng lǐ.

They live in a bungalow in the suburbs.

奶奶不喜欢爬楼梯，所以一直住平房。

Nǎinai bù xǐhuān pálóu tī, suǒyǐ yīzhí zhù píngfáng.

Grandma doesn't like climbing stairs, so she has always lived in a single-story house.

Tips

memory

平 means 'flat / level' and 房 means 'house' — a 平房 is a 'flat house', i.e. one with no upper floors.

Stroke Order

平 píng

房 fáng