房东
Meaning
- landlord
Example sentence
当房东不在, 房客就会大玩特玩。
When the landlord's away, the tenants will play.
Characters in 房东
- 房 fáng house; a room
- 东 dōng east
房 house plus 东, here a host or owner rather than east. The old sense of 东 as the host survives in this word.