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    Expressing 'house' with 房屋 (fángwū)

    Existence & Possession
    Location & Position

    Structure

    购买 + 房屋 / 房屋 + Noun

    Explanation

    房屋 (fángwū) means "house" or "building" and is a more formal synonym of 房子. It is commonly used in legal, real estate, and official contexts, such as when discussing property purchases or housing regulations. In everyday speech, 房子 is more common, but 房屋 appears frequently in written and formal Chinese.

    Examples

    • 这片区域的房屋价格近年来上涨了不少。

      Zhè piàn qūyù de fángwū jiàgé jìnnián lái shàngzhǎng le bù shǎo.

      Housing prices in this area have risen considerably in recent years.

    • 政府出台了新的房屋管理条例。

      Zhèngfǔ chūtái le xīn de fángwū guǎnlǐ tiáolì.

      The government issued new housing management regulations.

    • 地震导致许多房屋受到不同程度的损坏。

      Dìzhèn dǎozhì xǔduō fángwū shòudào bùtóng chéngdù de sǔnhuài.

      The earthquake caused varying degrees of damage to many buildings.

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