花房

huāfáng
noun #37,713

Measure Word

花房 jiān

Meanings

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

Examples

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

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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