房产 (fáng chǎn) — real estate, property (houses and buildings) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

real estateproperty (houses and buildings)

Measure word · 处

Examples

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Tā zuì jìn mǎi le yí tào fáng chǎn.
He recently bought a property.
房产。
Zhè lǐ de fáng chǎn jià gé yì zhí zài shàng zhǎng.
Real estate prices here have been rising.
房产。
Hěn duō rén bǎ fáng chǎn zuò wéi yì zhǒng tóu zī fāng shì.
Many people treat real estate as a form of investment.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

产chǎnproperty

房 is a house and 产 is property, so 房产 is property in the form of houses.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

戶戶hùdoor

Sound part声符shēngfú

方

方fāng房fáng

Same sound today

房 pairs 戶 (door) with 方 (fāng) as a sound part; 方 can also fit 'side,' as in a side room beside the main room.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 產; 产 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

生生shēngto be born

Sound part声符shēngfú

彥

彥yàn產chǎn

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 產 pairs 生, "to be born," with 彥 as a sound part; the simplified 产 is a shorthand.

Appears in

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