baan1 fong2班房

Jyutpingbaan1 fong2

Yalebāan fóng

名詞Common

Definition

Classroom; a room used for teaching or lessons.

colloquialschool

How it's used

While 班房 is the standard term for a classroom, it is specifically used in the context of primary and secondary schools. In university settings, people almost exclusively use 課室 instead. Using 班房 to refer to a lecture hall or a university seminar room can sound slightly childish or out of place.

Measure word

gaan1間gān

Examples

nei5你zi1知m4唔zi1知bin1邊gaan1間baan1班fong2房soeng5上tong4堂aa4呀？

Do you know which classroom we are having class in?

lou5老si1師giu3叫ngo5我dei6哋faan1返baan1班fong2房ling1拎syu1書。

The teacher told us to go back to the classroom to get our books.

Common phrases

faan1返baan1班fong2房

go back to the classroom

baan1班fong2房jap6入min6面

inside the classroom

Common mistake

Learners often confuse 班房 with 課室, but 班房 carries a more specific connotation of a homeroom or a base classroom where students spend most of their day, whereas 課室 is a more generic term for any room where teaching occurs.