室 (shì) — room (often as a suffix in compound words); office, department (in a workplace)
Definition
室 (shì) is almost never used alone — it appears as a suffix in compounds like 教室 or 办公室. For a free-standing 'room,' say 屋子.
noun
room (often as a suffix in compound words)officedepartment (in a workplace)
Measure word · 间
Easily confused
- 到dàolook-alike(verb) to arrive at, to reach (a place or time)
- 是shìsound-aliketo be (linking verb, followed by a noun or noun phrase)
- 致zhìlook-aliketo send (a message, telegram, etc.)
- 事shìsound-alikething; matter; affair
- 塞sāilook-alike(verb) to stuff, to squeeze in; to block, to stop up
- 试shìsound-aliketo try; to test
Examples
- 室。Wǒ men měi tiān zài jiào shì shàng kè.We go to class in the classroom every day.
- 。Tā de bàn gōng shì zài èr lóu.His office is on the second floor.
- 室。Zhè tào fáng zi shì sān shì yì tīng.This apartment has three bedrooms and one living room.
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