Chinese word

洗衣房

Pronunciation

Pinyinxǐ yī fáng

Meaning

  • nounlaundry room

Example

我们公寓楼有个洗衣房，可以用。wǒ men gōng yù lóu yǒu gè xǐ yī fáng ké yǐ yòng

Our apartment building has a laundry room that we can use.

Illustration for 洗衣房 (laundry room)

More examples

小区的洗衣房通常需要投币才能使用。xiǎo qū de xǐ yī fáng tōng cháng xū yào tóu bì cái néng shǐ yòng

You usually need coins to use the community laundry room.

Core concept

A practical indoor facility that takes clothes from dirty to clean, with machines for washing and often drying.

Common phrases

  • 公寓里的洗衣房gōng yù lǐ de xǐ yī fáng

    laundry room in an apartment

  • 去洗衣房qù xǐ yī fáng

    go to the laundry room

  • 小区的洗衣房xiǎo qū de xǐ yī fáng

    community laundry room

Similar words

洗衣店xǐ yī diàn: A shop that washes and finishes clothes for a fee.
自助洗衣店zì zhù xǐ yī diàn: A self-service laundromat where people wash clothes using coin- or card-operated machines.
干洗店gān xǐ diàn: A shop that cleans and finishes clothes with solvents instead of water.
洗衣机xǐ yī jī: A machine used at home or in a shop to wash clothes.

Definition in Chinese

专门用来洗涤衣物的房间，通常配有洗衣机、烘干或晾晒设施，常见于住宅或公寓内。zhuān mén yòng lái xǐ dí yī wù de fáng jiān tōng cháng pèi yǒu xǐ yī jī hōng gān huò liàng shài shè shī cháng jiàn yú zhù zhái huò gōng yù nèi

Word origin

洗 (xǐ, "wash") + 衣 (yī, "clothes") + 房 (fáng, "room") combines three direct meanings to form the name of a clothes-washing room.

Usage tips

  • In an apartment building, this word usually refers to a shared or household facility, while a commercial business is more precisely called 洗衣店 (xǐyīdiàn, "clothes-washing shop").

Other meanings

  • laundromatnoun

Opposites

  • 干衣房gàn yī fángdrying roomnoun
  • 晾晒区liàng shài qūclothes-drying areanoun

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