Home Layout
Learn how to describe rooms, location, size and where things are in a house.
1. Buildings and rooms
层
céng
floor / level楼
lóu
building单元
dān yuán
unit间
jiān
measure word for rooms平方米
píng fāng mǐ
square metre我家有三间房，左右一百平方米。
My home has three rooms and is about 100 square metres.
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2. Position words
右边
yòu bian
right side左边
zuǒ bian
left side外边
wài bian
outside前边
qián bian
front里边
lǐ bian
inside后面
hòu mian
behind厨房在客厅的右边。
The kitchen is on the right of the living room.
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3. More location words
上边
shàng bian
above下边
xià bian
below中间
zhōng jiān
middle / centre旁边
páng biān
beside左右
zuǒ yòu
approximately电视机在桌子的上边。
The TV is above the table.
书房在卧室旁边。
The study room is beside the bedroom.
4. Objects and descriptions
电视机
diàn shì jī
TV收音机
shōu yīn jī
radio干净
gān jìng
clean坏
huài
broken乱
luàn
messy只有
zhǐ yǒu
only我的房间很干净，但是电视机坏了。
My room is clean, but the TV is broken.
5. Extra phrases
进
jìn
to enter门
mén
door谁的
shuí de
whose三室一厅
sān shì yì tīng
three bedrooms and one living room狗窝
gǒu wō
kennel这是谁的房间？
Whose room is this?
狗窝在花园里边。
The kennel is inside the garden.
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我家有三室一厅，左右一百平方米。客厅很干净，电视机在桌子上边。
My home has three bedrooms and one living room, about 100 square metres. The living room is clean, and the TV is above the table.