# 班房
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bānfáng
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢ ㄈㄤˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ban$^1$ fang$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baan$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ban$^1$ fong$^{3-4*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ban$^1$ fong$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ban$^1$ fon$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): báing-bǒng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bānfáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄈㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: banfáng
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^1$-fang$^2$
*** Yale: bān-fáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banfarng
*** Palladius: баньфан (banʹfan)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bānfángr
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄢ ㄈㄤˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: banfángr
*** Wade–Giles: pan$^1$-fang$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: bān-fángr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banfarngl
*** Palladius: баньфанр (banʹfanr)
*** Sinological IPA : /pän⁵⁵ fɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ban$^1$ fang$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ban fang
*** Sinological IPA : /pan⁵⁵ faŋ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: baan$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: bāan fóng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: baan$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ban$^1$ fong$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /paːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^1$ fong$^{3-4*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /pan³³ fɔŋ²²⁻²¹⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^1$ fong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pan⁴² fɔŋ³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^1$ fon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃¹¹ fɒ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: báing-bǒng
*** Sinological IPA : /paiŋ⁵⁴ pɔŋ²¹/

### Noun

班房
* (historical, obsolete) reception or duty room for a runner in a yamen or domicile
* (Mandarin, Gan, Yudu Hakka, Jin, Northern Min, colloquial) prison; jail; detention cell
    坐班房 ― zuò bānfáng ― (colloquial) to be put in prison
    進班房／进班房 ― jìn bānfáng ― (colloquial) to be locked up
* (Cantonese) classroom (Classifier: 間／间 c)

#### Synonyms

* (prison):
* 囹圄 (língyǔ) (literary)
* 大牢 (dàláo) (archaic)
* 清室 (qīngshì) (archaic)
* 牢 (láo)
* 牢房 (láofáng)
* 牢獄／牢狱 (láoyù)
* 監房／监房 (jiānfáng)
* 監牢／监牢 (jiānláo)
* 監獄／监狱 (jiānyù)
* 鐵屋／铁屋 (tiěwū) (literary, figurative)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 監獄, 監牢, 牢獄, 牢房 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 監獄, 班房兒, 泡兒局 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 監獄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 監獄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 監獄, 笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 監獄, 牢, 笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 牢, 班房, 笆籬子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 監牢 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 監獄, 班房兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 監獄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 監獄, 監牢獄, 監 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 監牢獄, 監獄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 監牢獄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 監, 牢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 監獄, 監, 牢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 監獄, 監, 牢 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 牢, 班房 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 監獄, 牢, 大圈兒, 八號兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 班房子, 獄監 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 監獄, 牢, 班房 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 監獄, 班房子, 班房 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 監獄, 牢, 笆籬子, 班房子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 牢, 班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 監獄, 牢, 班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 監獄, 班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 監獄, 牢, 班房 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 監獄, 牢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 監獄, 牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 牢監, 牢, 班房 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 監牢, 牢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 監獄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 監倉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 監獄, 監倉, 祠堂 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 牢監, 班房 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 班房 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 監房 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 班房 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 監獄仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 監獄 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 監獄 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 監牢 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 監牢, 牢 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 牢, 班房 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 監牢, 監, 牢房, 牢, 班房 |
| Jin | Linhe | 監獄, 監, 牢, 班房子 |
| Jin | Jining | 班房 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 監獄, 監, 牢, 獄, 班房 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 監獄, 牢 |
| Jin | Handan | 監獄, 房子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 班房 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 監牢 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated, 櫳間 dated, 鴿仔空 dated |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 監獄, 監牢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 監獄, 監牢, 班館, 館仔 dated, 櫳仔 dated |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 監獄, 監牢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 監獄 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 監獄, 櫳仔內 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 監獄 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 監獄, 監牢, 櫳仔, 櫳仔間, 內籬仔 GT |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 監獄, 櫳仔內 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 監獄, 櫳仔內 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 跤跔, 跤跔間 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 監牢, 釘鏈間 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 跤跔, 監獄 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 監獄 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 釘鏈間, 監牢 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 監倉 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 監牢, 牢監 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 監牢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 監牢 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 牢監 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 牢監, 監牢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 牢監, 班房 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 監牢 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 班房, 籠子 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |
* (classroom):
* 教室 (jiàoshì)
* 課堂／课堂 (kètáng)
* 課室／课室 (kèshì)
* 講堂／讲堂 (jiǎngtáng)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 教室, 課堂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 教室 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 教室, 課堂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 教室 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 課室, 教室 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 教室, 課堂 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 教室 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 教室 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 教室, 講堂 dated |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 教室 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 教室, 課堂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 教室 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 教室, 講堂 dated |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 教室 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 教室, 課堂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 教室, 講堂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 教室 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 課堂, 教室 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 教室 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 教室 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 上課室, 課室 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 教室, 課堂 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 教室, 課堂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 課室, 教室, 班房 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 課室, 班房 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 班房 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 課室, 講堂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 教室 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 課室, 班房, 課堂 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 課室, 課堂 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 課室, 教室 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 課室 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 教室, 課室 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 教室 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 教室 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 教室 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 教室, 課室 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 課室 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 課室 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 課室 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 課室 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 教室 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 教室 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 教室 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 教室 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 教室 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 教室 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 教室 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 教室, 學堂 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 教室 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 教室, 課堂 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 學堂 dated |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 教室 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 教室, 書齋 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 教室, 課室, 課堂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 教室, 課室, 課堂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 教室, 課室, 課堂 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 班 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 課室 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 課室 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 教室, 課室 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 教室 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 課室 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 教室 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 教室, 課堂, 課堂間 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 課堂 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 教室, 課堂 |
| Wu | Danyang | 課室 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 教室, 課堂 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 課堂 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 教室 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 課堂, 教室 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 教室 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 教室 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 教室, 課堂 |

#### Derived terms

* 坐班房 (zuò bānfáng)
* 蹲班房 (dūn bānfáng)