班房

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Chinese

team; class; rank
team; class; rank; squad; a work shift; a measure word; surname
 
room
trad. (班房)
simp. #(班房)

Pronunciation


Noun

班房

  1. (historical, obsolete) reception or duty room for a runner in a yamen or domicile
  2. (Mandarin, Gan, Yudu Hakka, Jin, Northern Min, colloquial) prison; jail; detention cell
    班房  ―  zuò bānfáng  ―  (colloquial) to be put in prison
    班房班房  ―  jìn bānfáng  ―  (colloquial) to be locked up
  3. (Cantonese) classroom (Classifier: c)

Synonyms

  • (prison):
  • (classroom):

Derived terms