房价 (fáng jià) — house price | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

房价 is specifically the market price of buying a house or apartment, not rent (that's 房租) and not the building itself (房子, 房屋). Pairs with 价钱 when you mean 'price' in a general sense.

noun

house price

Examples

房价，。
Zhè ge fáng zi de fáng jià tài gāo le, wǒ mǎi bù qǐ.
The house price for this place is too high; I can't afford it.
房价，。
Běi jīng de fáng jià yì zhí zài zhǎng, hěn duō rén mǎi fáng gèng nán le.
House prices in Beijing have been rising, making it even harder for many people to buy a house.
房价。
Zhèng fǔ chū tái le hěn duō zhèng cè lái kòng zhì fáng jià.
The government has introduced many policies to control house prices.

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.

房 marks the house, and 价 its price.

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.

人介价

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

介

介jiè价jiè

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

价 pairs 人 (person) with 介, which gives the sound.

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