Chinese word

毛坯

Pronunciation

Pinyinmáo pī

Meaning

  • noununfinished

Example

这套公寓还是毛坯，还不能马上住。zhè tào gōng yù hái shì máo pī hái bù néng mǎ shàng zhù

This apartment is still unfinished, so it can't be lived in right away.

Illustration for 毛坯 (unfinished)

More examples

开发商把新楼盘毛坯交付，买家再做设计和装修。kāi fā shāng bǎ xīn lóu pán máo pī jiāo fù mǎi jiā zài zuò shè jì hé zhuāng xiū

The developer hands over new buildings as bare shells, and buyers then do the design and interior finishing.

Core concept

A solid framework waiting for its interior to be completed and equipped.

Common phrases

  • 毛坯公寓máo pī gōng yù

    bare-shell apartment

  • 毛坯房源máo pī fáng yuán

    bare-shell property listing

Similar words

毛坯房máo pī fáng: A newly handed-over home that remains a bare shell inside.
未装修房wèi zhuāng xiū fáng: A home whose interior renovation has not yet been done.

Definition in Chinese

指尚未做室内装修、仅保留结构或做粗装交付的房屋状态，居住前需自行完成细节和配套设施。zhǐ shàng wèi zuò shì nèi zhuāng xiū jǐn bǎo liú jié gòu huò zuò cū zhuāng jiāo fù de fáng wū zhuàng tài jū zhù qián xū zì xíng wán chéng xì jié hé pèi tào shè shī

Word origin

毛坯 (máopī, "unfinished") combines 毛 (máo, "rough") with 坯 (pī, "raw form"), creating a label for something left coarse and unprocessed.

Usage tips

  • In everyday property talk, the word describes a home's condition at handover, not a room that has simply become untidy after people move in.

Other meanings

  • bare shellnoun
  • raw formnoun

Related words

  • 毛坯房máo pī fángbare-shell housingnoun

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