Chinese Vocabulary about Interior Decoration

Has your house in China already been decorated? Is it well-content for you? Or do you plan to do some decorations? If you do so, it's a goood choice to know some Chinese expressions about interior decoration because good communications are really necessary when dealing with the interior decoration. If you couldn’t communicate well with the designers, your house may become the last place you want to stay. But please don’t worry. I’m right here preparing to help you. In this article, we will learn some expressions about interior decoration. And I will tell you something interesting about when Chinese decorate their house.

First, let’s learn some basic words.

室内shìnèi: interior
装修zhuāngxiū: to decorate, decoration
平面图píngmiàn tú: ground plan
层céng: floor, storey

Here we often use “第dì”, a word used before the numbers.
“第dì+ number” is ordinal number. For exmaple, “第一dìyī” means “the first”. So“第一层dìyīcéng” means “ground floor”.

墙qiáng: wall
窗chuāng: windows 
门mén: door
楼梯lóutī: staircase

The following are the words of different kinds of rooms.

玄关xuánguān: entrance
客厅kètīng: living room
饭厅fàntīng: dining room
卫生间wèishēngjiān: bathroom
卧室wòshì: bedroom
厨房chúfáng: kitchen
书房shūfáng: study
客房 kèfáng: guest room
婴儿房yīngér fáng: baby room
阁楼gélóu: loft
楼梯间lóu tī jiān: stir well
地下室dì xià shì: basement

Now let's learn some basic conversations dealing with interior decorations.

Wǒ xiǎng zhǎo yìjiā shìnèi zhuāng xiū gōng sī.
我想找一家室内装修公司。
(I'm looking for an interior decoration company.)

Wǒ xiǎng zhuāng xiū wǒde fángzi.
我想装修我的房子。
(I want to decorate my house.)

Zhè shì wǒjiāde píngmiàn tú
这是我家的平面图。
(This is the ground plan of my house.)

Wǒ xiǎng kuòdà wòshìde miàn jí.
我想扩大卧室的面积。
(I want to enlarge the area of my bedroom.)

Wǒ xiǎng suōxiǎo kètīng de miàn jí.
我想缩小客厅的面积。
(I want to reduce the size of the living room.)

wǒ xiǎng bǎ shūfáng gǎichéng yīngér fáng.
我想把书房改成婴儿房。
(I want to change my study to a baby room.)

wǒ xiǎng chóng xīn zhuāng xiū yíxià chúfáng.
我想重新装修一下厨房。
(I'd like to have the kitchen renovated.)

For some Chinese, especially for the old generations, Fengshui is very important in decoration. “风水fēngshuǐ” literally means “wind and water”. It is a kind of traditional Chinese practice of determining the location of a house, tomb, or other items that are believed to have a vital bearing on the fortunes of a family, owner, or user. Due to Fengshui, the re are many demands on doors and windows. For example, it is better that the windows of the bedroom are not big. Otherwise, the evil spirit will stay in the room easily which will have bad influence on the owner’s health.

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