房东
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
房东 (fángdōng) · landlord
房东 (fángdōng) means “landlord”. It is written with 2 characters: 房 (building) + 东 (east). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 房东 is built
The characters
房 fáng · building
What 房 is made of
- 户hù — door
- 丶 — dot
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 户 gives the meaning, 方 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
东 dōng · east
What 东 is made of
- 七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
Origin hint: Simplified form of 東, the sun 日 rising behind a tree 木 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
房东是一位老奶奶。Fángdōng shì yī wèi lǎo nǎinai.The landlord is an old lady.
你认识你的房东吗？Nǐ rènshi nǐ de fángdōng ma?Do you know your landlord?
Questions about 房东
What does 房东 mean?
房东 (fángdōng) means “landlord”.
How do you pronounce 房东?
房东 is pronounced fángdōng.
Which HSK level is 房东?
房东 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 房间fángjiānroom
- 房子fángzihouse
- 住房zhùfánghousing
- 房屋fángwūhouse
- 房租fángzūrent
- 厨房chúfángkitchen
- 健身房jiànshēnfánggym
- 东边dōngbianeast side
- 东西dōngxithing
- 东北dōngběinortheast
Learn 房东 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 90: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.