Common Meanings
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fáng房
A building or a room for living in or storing things, such as a house, room, or study.
我的书房窗明几净，非常适合阅读
My study room is bright and clean, very suitable for reading.
A chamber or compartment resembling a house in structure or function, often part of a larger entity (e.g., a cell in a honeycomb, a pod, or a chamber in an organ).
蜜蜂正在忙碌地建造它们的蜂房。
Bees are busy building their honeycomb.
Classifier for branches of a family or household, often used to distinguish different lines of descendants or related families.
我们家有两房亲戚，一房在北京，一房在上海。
Our family has two branches of relatives, one in Beijing and one in Shanghai.
Refers to a branch of a family, especially the main or eldest branch in traditional Chinese families, indicating lineage or descent.
王家的长房一直负责维护宗祠的事务
The eldest branch of the Wang family has always been responsible for maintaining the ancestral temple's affairs.
A star name, referring to one of the Twenty-eight Mansions in Chinese astronomy.
古人常观测房宿，以判断节气变化。
Ancient people often observed Fang Xiu to determine changes in seasons.