班房

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bānfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄈㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ban¹ fang²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baan¹ fong^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ban¹ fong^3-4*

• Gan (Wiktionary): ban¹ fong⁴
• Jin (Wiktionary): ban¹ fon¹
• Northern Min (KCR): báing-bǒng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banfáng
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-fang²
    • Yale: bān-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banfarng
    • Palladius: баньфан (banʹfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bānfángr
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄈㄤˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: banfángr
    • Wade–Giles: pan¹-fang²-ʼrh
    • Yale: bān-fángr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banfarngl
    • Palladius: баньфанр (banʹfanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵⁵ fɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ban¹ fang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ban fang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan⁵⁵ faŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan¹ fong^4-2
    • Yale: bāan fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan¹ fong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban¹ fong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ban¹ fong^3-4*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan³³ fɔŋ²²⁻²¹⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ban¹ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan⁴² fɔŋ³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ban¹ fon¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃¹¹ fɒ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: báing-bǒng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paiŋ⁵⁴ pɔŋ²¹/

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

   坐班房  ―  zuò bānfáng  ―  (colloquial) to be put in prison

   進班房／进班房  ―  jìn bānfáng  ―  (colloquial) to be locked up

3. (Cantonese) classroom (Classifier: 間／间 c)

Synonyms

• (prison):

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• 囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
• 大牢 (dàláo) (archaic)
• 清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
• 牢 (láo)
• 牢房 (láofáng)
• 牢獄／牢狱 (láoyù)
• 監房／监房 (jiānfáng)
• 監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
• 監獄／监狱 (jiānyù)
• 鐵屋／铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 監獄 (“jail; prison”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		監獄, 監牢, 牢獄, 牢房
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	監獄, 班房兒, 泡兒局 dated
	Taiwan	監獄
	Chifeng	監獄
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	監獄, 笆籬子
	Harbin	監獄, 牢, 笆籬子
	Shenyang	牢, 班房, 笆籬子
	Singapore	監牢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	監獄
	Tangshan	監獄
	Cangzhou	監獄, 班房兒
	Baoding	監獄
	Shijiazhuang	監獄
	Jinan	監獄, 監牢獄, 監
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	監牢獄, 監獄
	Qingdao	監牢獄
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	監, 牢
	Zhengzhou	監獄, 監, 牢
	Xi'an	監獄, 監, 牢
	Xining	牢, 班房
	Xuzhou	監獄, 牢, 大圈兒, 八號兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	班房子, 獄監
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	監獄, 牢, 班房
	Lanzhou	監獄, 班房子, 班房
	Ürümqi	監獄, 牢, 笆籬子, 班房子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	牢, 班房
	Wuhan	監獄, 牢, 班房
	Guiyang	監獄, 班房
	Kunming	監獄, 牢, 班房
	Guilin	監獄, 牢
	Liuzhou	監獄, 牢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	牢
	Yangzhou	牢監, 牢, 班房
	Nantong	監牢, 牢
	Hefei	監獄
Cantonese	Guangzhou	監倉
	Hong Kong	監獄, 監倉, 祠堂
Gan	Nanchang	牢監, 班房
	Pingxiang	班房
Hakka	Meixian	監房
	Yudu	班房
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	監獄
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	監獄仔
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	監獄
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	監獄
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	監獄
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	監獄
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	監獄
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	監獄
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	監獄
Huizhou	Jixi	監牢
	Shexian	監牢, 牢
Jin	Taiyuan	牢, 班房
	Xinzhou	監牢, 監, 牢房, 牢, 班房
	Linhe	監獄, 監, 牢, 班房子
	Jining	班房
	Hohhot	監獄, 監, 牢, 獄, 班房
	Zhangjiakou	監獄, 牢
	Handan	監獄, 房子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	班房
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	監牢
Southern Min	Xiamen	監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated, 櫳間 dated, 鴿仔空 dated
	Quanzhou	監獄, 監牢
	Zhangzhou	監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	監獄, 監牢
	Kaohsiung	監獄
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	監獄, 櫳仔內
	Yilan (Toucheng)	監獄
	Tainan	監獄, 監牢, 櫳仔, 櫳仔間, 內籬仔 GT
	Tainan (Anping)	監獄, 櫳仔內
	Penghu (Xiyu)	監獄, 櫳仔內
	Penang (Hokkien)	跤跔, 跤跔間
	Singapore (Hokkien)	監牢, 釘鏈間
	Manila (Hokkien)	跤跔, 監獄
	Shantou	監獄
	Singapore (Teochew)	釘鏈間, 監牢
	Leizhou	監倉
Wu	Shanghai	監牢, 牢監
	Shanghai (Chongming)	監牢
	Danyang	監牢
	Hangzhou	牢監
	Ningbo	牢監, 監牢
	Wenzhou	牢監, 班房
	Jinhua	監牢
Xiang	Loudi	班房, 籠子
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

• (classroom):

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• 教室 (jiàoshì)
• 課堂／课堂 (kètáng)
• 課室／课室 (kèshì)
• 講堂／讲堂 (jiǎngtáng)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 教室 (“classroom”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		教室, 課堂
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	教室
	Taiwan	教室, 課堂
	Harbin	教室
	Singapore	課室, 教室
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	教室, 課堂
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	教室
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	教室
	Wanrong	教室, 講堂 dated
	Xi'an	教室
	Xining	教室, 課堂
	Xuzhou	教室
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	教室, 講堂 dated
	Lanzhou	教室
	Ürümqi	教室, 課堂
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	教室, 講堂
	Wuhan	教室
	Guiyang	課堂, 教室
	Guilin	教室
	Liuzhou	教室
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	上課室, 課室
	Yangzhou	教室, 課堂
	Hefei	教室, 課堂
Cantonese	Guangzhou	課室, 教室, 班房
	Hong Kong	課室, 班房
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	班房
	Macau	課室
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	課室
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	課室
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	課室
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	課室, 講堂
	Foshan	課室
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	課室
	Foshan (Shunde)	教室
	Foshan (Sanshui)	課室
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	課室
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	課室
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	課室
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	課室
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	課室
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	課室
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	課室
	Taishan	課室, 班房, 課堂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	課室, 課堂
	Enping (Niujiang)	課室
	Heshan (Yayao)	課室
	Dongguan	課室, 教室
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	課室
	Yangjiang	教室, 課室
Gan	Nanchang	教室
	Lichuan	教室
	Pingxiang	教室
Hakka	Meixian	教室, 課室
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	課室
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	課室
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	課室
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	課室
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	教室
	Yudu	教室
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	教室
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	教室
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	教室
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	教室
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	教室
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	教室, 學堂
Huizhou	Jixi	教室
Jin	Taiyuan	教室, 課堂
	Xinzhou	學堂 dated
Northern Min	Jian'ou	教室
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	教室, 書齋
Southern Min	Xiamen	教室, 課室, 課堂
	Quanzhou	教室, 課室, 課堂
	Zhangzhou	教室, 課室, 課堂
	Penang (Hokkien)	班
	Singapore (Hokkien)	課室
	Manila (Hokkien)	課室
	Chaozhou	教室, 課室
	Haikou	教室
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	課室
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	教室
Wu	Shanghai	教室, 課堂, 課堂間
	Shanghai (Chongming)	課堂
	Suzhou	教室, 課堂
	Danyang	課室
	Hangzhou	教室, 課堂
	Ningbo	課堂
	Wenzhou	教室
	Jinhua	課堂, 教室
Xiang	Changsha	教室
	Loudi	教室
	Shuangfeng	教室, 課堂

Derived terms

• 坐班房 (zuò bānfáng)
• 蹲班房 (dūn bānfáng)