洋房 (yáng fáng) — Western-style house or villa (in a Chinese context, especially from the early 20th century)

Definition

Examples

• 这座洋房建于上世纪二十年代。
  Zhè zuò yáng fáng jiàn yú shàng shì jì èr shí nián dài.
  This Western-style house was built in the 1920s.
• 上海有很多老洋房很漂亮。
  Shàng hǎi yǒu hěn duō lǎo yáng fáng hěn piào liang.
  Shanghai has many old Western-style houses that are very beautiful.
• 他们买了一栋洋房当度假屋。
  Tā men mǎi le yí dòng yáng fáng dāng dù jià wū.
  They bought a Western-style villa as a vacation home.