开间 (kāi jiān) — standard width of a room (in architecture or real estate)
Definition
In Chinese real-estate and architecture, 开间 refers to the width of a room's main façade (the distance between windows or load-bearing walls). It is a fixed technical measurement, not the total floor area.
noun
standard width of a room (in architecture or real estate)
Examples
- 开间。Zhè dòng fáng zi de kāi jiān hěn dà.This house has a very large room width.
- 开间。Shè jì shī bǎ měi gè kāi jiān dōu shè jì chéng le sān mǐ.The designer made each room width three meters.
- 开间。Chuán tǒng sì hé yuàn de kāi jiān tōng cháng bǐ jiào xiǎo.The room width of traditional siheyuan is usually relatively small.
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