花房

huāfáng
noun #37,713

Measure Word

花房 jiān

Meanings

  1. 1 greenhouse; conservatory
  2. 2 flower room; flower shop

Examples

HSK 6
Huángjiā zhíwùyuán yǒu yī zuò gǔlǎo de huāfáng.
The royal botanical garden has an old conservatory.
HSK 7-9
Tā zài huāfáng lǐ zhòng le hěnduō lánhuā.
She grows a lot of orchids in the greenhouse.

Tips

culture
Cui Jian's 1991 song 《花房姑娘》 ("Greenhouse Girl") - about a girl who lives among flowers and lures the narrator away - is one of the most recognizable Chinese rock songs of all time, and the main reason most younger Chinese speakers know the word. Compare 温室 (wēnshì), the modern technical term for a heated commercial greenhouse; 花房 leans poetic/old-fashioned.

In Pop Culture

花房姑娘 Huāfáng Gūniáng
Greenhouse Girl
1991 rock song by 崔健 (Cui Jian), the godfather of Chinese rock - one of the genre's most iconic tracks.

Stroke Order

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