Chinese word

新房

Pronunciation

Pinyinxīn fáng

Meaning

  • nounnew home

Example

我刚买了新房，下个月搬家。wǒ gāng mǎi le xīn fáng xià gè yuè bān jiā

I just bought a new home, and I'm moving next month.

Illustration for 新房 (new home)

More examples

他们正在装修新房，争取春天入住。tā men zhèng zài zhuāng xiū xīn fáng zhēng qǔ chūn tiān rù zhù

They are renovating their new home and hope to move in by spring.

Core concept

A dwelling at the beginning of its life as a home, with its recent construction or purchase still important.

Common phrases

  • 买新房mǎi xīn fáng

    buy a new home

  • 装修新房zhuāng xiū xīn fáng

    renovate a new home

  • 入住新房rù zhù xīn fáng

    move into a new home

Similar words

房子fáng zi: A broad noun for a house, home, or other place where people live.
家jiā: A simple, familiar noun for the place that serves as a person's home.
新居xīn jū: A relatively formal noun for a newly acquired home for moving into.
公寓gōng yù: A multi-household residential building or one of its separate living units.

Definition in Chinese

新近建成或刚买下、尚未长期居住的房屋，强调房屋本身为新的状态。xīn jìn jiàn chéng huò gāng mǎi xià shàng wèi cháng qī jū zhù de fáng wū qiáng diào fáng wū běn shēn wèi xīn de zhuàng tài

Word origin

新房 (xīnfáng, "new home") is formed from 新 (xīn, "new") + 房 (fáng, "house"), so the compound identifies a dwelling through its new status.

Usage tips

  • English speakers often hear "home" as a place already lived in, but this noun can describe a property awaiting its owners' move.

Other meanings

  • newly built housenoun
  • new constructionnoun

Opposites

  • 旧房jiù fángold housenoun
  • 二手房èr shǒu fángsecond-hand housenoun

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