毛坯房

máopīfáng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 unfinished apartment
  2. 2 bare-shell flat (sold without interior finishing)

Examples

Wǒmen mǎi de shì máopīfáng, hái yào zìjǐ zhuāngxiū.
What we bought is a bare-shell flat; we still have to do the interior ourselves.
Máopīfáng bǐ jīngzhuāngfáng piányi bù shǎo.
Bare-shell flats are quite a bit cheaper than fully-finished ones.

Tips

culture
In mainland China it is common for developers to hand over new apartments as 毛坯房 — bare concrete walls, exposed pipes, no flooring or kitchen. Buyers then hire a 装修 crew. The finished counterpart is 精装 (fully decorated).

Stroke Order

máo
fáng