室

shì

noun HSK 3 #1,158

Meanings

Jiàoshì lǐ yǒu hěn duō xuéshēng.

There are many students in the classroom.

Qǐng dào huìyìshì lái.

Please come to the meeting room.

Zhè shì bàngōngshì.

This is the office.

usage

室 is rarely used alone — it's typically a suffix: 教室 (classroom), 卧室 (bedroom), 办公室 (office), 实验室 (lab), 浴室 (bathroom).

grammar

To say 'a room,' use 房间 (fángjiān), not 室 by itself. 室 is a bound morpheme used in compounds.

室 shì