暗房

ànfáng

noun

Measure Word

一间暗房 jiān

Meanings

1 darkroom (photography)

Characters

Examples

他在暗房里冲洗胶卷。

Tā zài ànfáng lǐ chōngxǐ jiāojuǎn.

He was developing film in the darkroom.

暗房只能用红色安全灯。

Ànfáng zhǐ néng yòng hóngsè ānquán dēng.

Only a red safelight can be used in a darkroom.

Tips

memory

暗 (dark) + 房 (room) — literally 'dark room.' Photography vocabulary in Chinese is mostly transparent compounds: 胶卷 (gel-roll = film), 镜头 (lens-head = lens), 快门 (fast-door = shutter), 光圈 (light-circle = aperture).

Stroke Order

暗 àn

房 fáng