ROOM    房間室

PLACE in which one DWELLS, SURROUNDED BY WALLS, in a BUILDING.
CHAMBER
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for a room within a house is presumably shì 室, but note in traditional Chinese architecture many kinds of buildings may consist of exactly one room so that the distinction between house and room becomes blurred. 2. Qin 寑 refers specifically to the bedroom. 3. Xiāng 廂 refers to the the two rooms on the sides of the main room in the main building. 4. Fáng 房 refers to a non-main room in a building. 5. Táng 堂 refers to the (typically elevated) main sitting room or the main wing in any dwelling. See BUILDING.
Modern Chinese Criteria
房間 屋子 室 間 房 外屋 外間 臥室 臥房 寢室 內室 臥內 正寢 內寢 廳 大廳 正廳 廳堂 廳事 聽事 客廳 廳房 客堂 會客室 飯廳 餐廳 食堂 飯堂 飯間 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • KITCHEN　ROOM USED FOR PRODUCING MEALS. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
  • BATHROOM　ROOM OR BUILDING for BATHING. (anc: 6/0, child: 0)
Hypernym
  • PLACE　PART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in. (anc: 4/0, child: 39)
  • PART　OBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT. (anc: 3/0, child: 8)
  • OBJECT　[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to. (anc: 2/0, child: 6)
  • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 7.21

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    ROOM

    conclave is the general term for an enclosed room, in particular for rooms of state.

    cubiculum is the specific word for a dwelling room, a sitting room or any other room designed for human habitation.

  • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 46

  • Lateinische Synonymik ( MENGE) p. 216

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p.

    • Words (20 items)

    寢  qǐn OC: skhimʔ MC: tshim 45 Attributions

    Qǐn 寑 refers specifically to the bedroom.

      Syntactic words
    • nliving quarters; building with bedrooms; private chambers; imposing building with inner chambers
    房  fáng OC: baŋ MC: bi̯ɐŋ 13 Attributions

    Fáng 房refers to a non-main room in a building.

      Syntactic words
    • nnon-main roomBUDDH: cell
    • n[post-N]reflexiveyour rooms; [one's own] room
    方丈  fāng zhàng OC: paŋ daŋʔ MC: pi̯ɐŋ ɖi̯ɐŋ 8 Attributions
    • Digital Dictionary of Buddhism ( MULLER) p.

      "Literally a square zha1ng, which is one hundred square Chinese feet.

      (1) The front room, or parlor room of a monastery.

      (2) The room of the head monk. This meaning is originally derived from the story of Vimalakiirti's. A room, which was supposedly one square zha1ng (about 9 square meters). It later becomes a term of respect to address a teacher of a superior monk."

      Syntactic words
    • NPBUDDH: square zhāng (ten foot square) > abbot's quaters; the room of the master or head-monk
    • NPadNBUDDH: of the abbot's/head-monk's room
    閨  guī OC: kʷee MC: kei 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nwhat it inside doors: private quarters; room; rooms of the palace
    • n{PLACE}adVin proper bedrooms 宮居閨處
    室  shì OC: qhljiɡ MC: ɕit 6 Attributions

    The general word for a room within a house is presumably shì 室, but note in traditional Chinese architecture many kinds of buildings may consist of exactly one room so that the distinction between house and room becomes blurred.

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 堂/ROOM Táng 堂 refers to the (typically elevated) main sitting room or the main wing in any dwelling. See BUILDING.

      Syntactic words
    • nroom; living quarters
    堂  táng OC: daaŋ MC: dɑŋ 5 Attributions

    Táng 堂 refers to the (typically elevated) main sitting room or the main wing in any dwelling. See BUILDING.

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 室/ROOM The general word for a room within a house is presumably shì 室, but note in traditional Chinese architecture many kinds of buildings may consist of exactly one room so that the distinction between house and room becomes blurred.

      Syntactic words
    • nmain sitting room and ceremonial room, main wing in a private house 客庭
    閨門  guī mén OC: kʷee mɯɯn MC: kei muo̝n 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPpluralladies' apartments, ladies' quarters; private quarters
    丈室  zhàng shì OC: daŋʔ qhljiɡ MC: ɖi̯ɐŋ ɕit 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPBUDDH: the quarters of the master, room where a senior monk lives
    廡  wǔ OC: maʔ MC: mi̯o 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nporch; colonnade around a house
    小寢  xiǎo qǐn OC: smewʔ skhimʔ MC: siɛu tshim 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPsmall chamber; small rest room
    臥  wò OC: ŋʷaals MC: ŋʷɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nbedroom
    住止  zhù zhǐ OC: dos kljɯʔ MC: ɖi̯o tɕɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NProom to dwell in
    下間  xià jiān OC: ɢraas kreen MC: ɦɣɛ kɣɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPthe N below; the N in the lower part; the N situated at a lower place
    路寢  lù qǐn MC: luH tshimX OC: ɡ-raaɡs skhimʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPceremonial reception roomCH
    房丈  fáng zhàng OC: baŋ daŋʔ MC: bi̯ɐŋ ɖi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPBUDDH: the abbot's quaters in a monastery (see 方丈)
    窟室  kū shì shǐ MC: khwot syit OC: khluud qhljiɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPcellar DS
    屋  wū OC: qooɡ MC: ʔuk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nroom
    廂  xiāng OC: sqaŋ MC: si̯ɐŋ
    箱  xiāng OC: sqaŋ MC: si̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution

    Xiāng 廂 refers to the the two rooms on the sides of the main room in the main building.

      Syntactic words
    • none of the two rooms on the sides of the main hall in the main building of a building complex.
    室宇  shì yǔ MC: syit hjuX OC: qhljiɡ ɢʷraʔ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSin the roomDS
    間  jiān OC: kreen MC: kɣɛn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nroom in a building