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

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
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ paŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ paŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ paŋ²³/

Noun

冷房

cold room; cool room
(figurative) deserted room; detention cell

Verb

冷房

to cool a room; to air-condition

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) れーぼー [rèébóó] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɾe̞ːbo̞ː]

Noun

冷(れい)房(ぼう) • (reibō)

air conditioning, lowering the indoor air temperature
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))

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

References

“冷房”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
冷	房

Noun

冷房 • (naengbang) (hangeul 냉방)

hanja form^? of 냉방 (“cooling”)