Chinese vocabulary

房间

fángjiān

room

In a sentence

每个房间都有一张地图。

Měi ge fángjiān dōu yǒu yì zhāng dìtú.

Every room has a map.

个 counts the rooms; 张 counts the map in each room.

Say “every” with 每…都…

这个房间也很亮。

Zhège fángjiān yě hěn liàng.

This room is bright too.

The sentence assumes another bright room has already been mentioned or seen.

Add “also” with 也

Grammar & reading

Add “also” with 也

Connect one statement to another with a shared action or description. Put 也 before the verb or adjective phrase.

Say “every” with 每…都…

Describe something that applies to every person, every item, or every occasion in a group.

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