冷房

Chinese

		cold	house
trad. (冷房)		冷	房
simp. #(冷房)		冷	房

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěngfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄥˇ ㄈㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laang⁵ fong⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): léng-pâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěngfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄥˇ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěngfáng
    • Wade–Giles: lêng³-fang²
    • Yale: lěng-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leengfarng
    • Palladius: лэнфан (lɛnfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laang⁵ fong⁴
    • Yale: láahng fòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laang⁵ fong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lang⁵ fong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːŋ¹³ fɔːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: léng-pâng
    • Tâi-lô: líng-pâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lefngpaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ paŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ paŋ²³/

Noun

冷房

1. cold room; cool room
2. (figurative) deserted room; detention cell

Verb

冷房

1. to cool a room; to air-condition

Japanese

Kanji in this term
冷	房
れい Grade: 4	ぼう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

冷(れい)房(ぼう) • (reibō) 

1. air conditioning, lowering the indoor air temperature
2. air conditioning, a system producing cooler air

Antonyms

• 暖房(だんぼう) (danbō)

Verb

冷(れい)房(ぼう)する • (reibō suru) transitive suru (stem 冷(れい)房(ぼう)し (reibō shi), past 冷(れい)房(ぼう)した (reibō shita))

1. air condition, cool a room

Conjugation

Conjugation of "冷房する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	冷房し	れいぼうし	reibō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	冷房し	れいぼうし	reibō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	冷房する	れいぼうする	reibō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	冷房する	れいぼうする	reibō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	冷房すれ	れいぼうすれ	reibō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	冷房せよ¹ 冷房しろ²	れいぼうせよ¹ れいぼうしろ²	reibō seyo¹ reibō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	冷房される	れいぼうされる	reibō sareru
Causative	冷房させる 冷房さす	れいぼうさせる れいぼうさす	reibō saseru reibō sasu
Potential	冷房できる	れいぼうできる	reibō dekiru
Volitional	冷房しよう	れいぼうしよう	reibō shiyō
Negative	冷房しない	れいぼうしない	reibō shinai
Negative continuative	冷房せず	れいぼうせず	reibō sezu
Formal	冷房します	れいぼうします	reibō shimasu
Perfective	冷房した	れいぼうした	reibō shita
Conjunctive	冷房して	れいぼうして	reibō shite
Hypothetical conditional	冷房すれば	れいぼうすれば	reibō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
冷	房

Noun

冷房 • (naengbang) (hangeul 냉방)

1. Hanja form^? of 냉방 (“cooling”).