Describing residential features and locations

Describing residential features and locations

Residential Features

• 房子 (fángzi): This means ‘house’. If it has multiple levels, you can use 楼房 (lóufáng).

• 公寓 (gōngyù): This means ‘apartment’.

• 花园 (huāyuán): Refers to ‘garden’. Many houses will have one.

• 车库 (chēkù): Refers to ‘garage’. If you are describing a household with a car, this might be important.

• 卧室 (wòshì): This means ‘bedroom’.

• 客厅 (kètīng): This refers to the ‘living room’.

• 厨房 (chúfáng): Means ‘kitchen’.

• 浴室 (yùshì): This means ‘bathroom’.

Residential Locations

• 在 (zài): Preposition which is usually translated as ‘at’, ‘in’ or ‘on’.

• 旁边 (pángbiān): This means ‘next to’.

• 对面 (duìmiàn): This means ‘opposite’ or ‘across’.

• 里面 (lǐmiàn): This means ‘inside’.

• 外面 (wàimiàn): This means ‘outside’.

Descriptions of Residential Areas

• 安静 (ānjìng): Describes a place as ‘quiet’.

• 繁忙 (fánmáng): Describes a place as ‘busy’.

• 干净 (gānjìng): Describes a place as ‘clean’.

• 肮脏 (āngzāng): Describes a place as ‘dirty’.

• 老 (lǎo): Describes a house or area as ‘old’.

• 新 (xīn): Describes a house or building as ‘new’.

• 近 (jìn): This means ‘near’ or ‘close’.

• 远 (yuǎn): This means ‘far’.

Household Items

• 床 (chuáng): Refers to a ‘bed’.

• 桌子 (zhuōzi): This denotes ‘table’.

• 椅子 (yǐzi): This refers to ‘chair’.

• 电视 (diànshì): This refers to ‘television’.

• 电脑 (diànnǎo): Refers to ‘computer’.

• 书架 (shūjià): This means ‘bookshelf’.

Remember to combine the words correctly to form sentences. For example: “我家的房子旁边有一个大花园” which means “My house is next to a big garden.” or “我的房子里有三个卧室和一个大厨房” which means “My house has three bedrooms and a large kitchen.”