平房 (píng fáng) Definition & Meaning - What does 平房 mean in Chinese

1
n.single-storey house; bungalow; one-storey house
- zhè suǒ xué xiào shì zuò píng fáng
  这所学校是座平房。
  The school is a single storey building.
- tā bǎ nà jiān píng fáng jiè gěi kāng lā dé yī jiā zhù le liǎng sān gè xīng qī
  她把那间平房借给康拉德一家住了两三个星期。
  She had lent the bungalow to the Conrads for a couple of weeks.
- mù chǎng zhǔ tóng tā qī zi zhù zài mù chǎng píng fáng li
  牧场主同他妻子住在牧场平房里。
  The rancher and his wife live in the ranch house.
2
n.dialhouse with a plastered flat roof
- yòng cǎo pí huò zhě tǔ pī jiàn de píng fáng
  用草皮或者土坯建的平房
  a house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses

common measure word
"平房" is often matched with measure word "间"or"座"or"排".
- 一间平房
  one bungalow
- 一座平房
  one bungalow
- 一排平房
  one row of bungalow

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