室
room; chamber; office; wife; family
Meanings
6 senses · 30 examplesnoun
room; chamber; hall
Refers to enclosed spaces within a building used for specific purposes.
There are many students in the classroom.
My bedroom is on the second floor.
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Please wait for me in the meeting room.
The air outside the room is very fresh.
This lounge can be used by guests.
noun
office; department; unit
formalRefers to administrative or functional units within organizations.
The school's archives office keeps many old documents.
The reading room of the library is open every day.
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He worked in the personnel office for five years.
This department is divided into three sections.
The research office needs more research funding.
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wife; spouse
literaryClassical or formal term for wife, less commonly used in modern spoken language.
His second wife is very kind to the children.
Ancients often spoke of "wife and children".
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He treats his wife with great respect.
This gentleman does not yet have a wife.
In ancient times, men could have wives and concubines.
noun
family; household; clan
literaryRefers to family lineage or household, often in historical or literary contexts.
Members of the royal family attended the celebration.
This idiom is "ten houses nine empty" (describing a desolate area).
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They are a scholarly family with a tradition of poetry and propriety passed down through generations.
This large family has dozens of households.
War caused many families to become displaced.
noun
cavity; chamber (of organ/machine)
technicalUsed in anatomy, biology, and technical contexts to refer to internal cavities or chambers.
The heart is divided into four chambers.
Brain ventricles are cavities within the brain.
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The combustion chamber of this machine needs to be replaced.
The posterior chamber of the eyeball is a small cavity.
Scientists are studying the structure of insect digestive chambers.
noun
Shi, name of a lunar mansion in Chinese astronomy
technicalRefers to one of the 28 lunar mansions in traditional Chinese astronomy, rarely used in modern contexts.
Shi is one of the seven lunar mansions of the Black Tortoise in the north.
Ancient astronomers divided the star regions near the ecliptic into twenty-eight lunar mansions, among which Shi is one.
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The Shi mansion contains two main stars.
In traditional astrology, Shi represents construction and family.
Studying ancient Chinese astronomy requires understanding the twenty-eight lunar mansions, including Shi.