single-story house; bungalow
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Meanings
2 senses · 5 examplesnoun
single-story house; one-story house (as opposed to a multi-story building)
Commonly contrasted with 楼房 (multi-story building). Often refers to traditional single-family homes.
Wǒ我
jiā家
zhù住
de的
shì是
píng平
fáng房
，
bù不
shì是
lóu楼
fáng房
。
My family lives in a single-story house, not an apartment building.
Zhè这
zuò座
chéng城
shì市
de的
lǎo老
chéng城
qū区
hái还
yǒu有
hěn很
duō多
píng平
fáng房
。
There are still many bungalows in the old district of this city.
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Bǐ比
qǐ起
gāo高
céng层
jiàn建
zhù筑
，
wǒ我
gèng更
xǐ喜
huan欢
zhù住
píng平
fáng房
。
Compared to high-rise buildings, I prefer living in single-story houses.
noun
(dialect) flat-roofed house with lime-soil roof
dialectRefers to a specific traditional building style in northern China where the roof is flat and made of lime-soil (灰土), common in rural areas of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and other northern provinces.
Běi北
fāng方
nóng农
cūn村
yǒu有
hěn很
duō多
huī灰
tǔ土
dǐng顶
de的
píng平
fáng房
。
There are many flat-roofed houses with lime-soil roofs in rural northern China.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
píng平
dǐng顶
de的
píng平
fáng房
xià夏
tiān天
liáng凉
kuai快
，
dōng冬
tiān天
bǎo保
wēn温
xiào效
guǒ果
hǎo好
。
This type of flat-roofed house is cool in summer and has good insulation in winter.