公房 (gōng fáng) — public housing (owned by the state or a work unit)
Definition
Housing owned and allocated by the state or a work unit (单位), a key feature of urban China before the 1990s housing reforms. Tenants did not own the unit and paid only nominal rent.
noun
public housing (owned by the state or a work unit)
Measure word · 套
Examples
- 公房。Tā zhù zài dān wèi de gōng fáng lǐ.He lives in the work unit's public housing.
- 公房。Yǐ qián hěn duō chéng shì jū mín dōu fēn dào le gōng fáng.In the past, many urban residents were allocated public housing.
- 公房，。Zhè xiē gōng fáng yǐ jīng lǎo jiù, xū yào wéi xiū.These public housing units are old and need repairs.
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