Bedsit

BED-sit

Informal Neutral

What it really means

A single rented room that is both bedroom and living room, usually with a shared bathroom and sometimes a shared kitchen. Cheaper and more basic than a studio. The word can suggest older, lower-quality housing.

Chinese explanation

兼作卧室和起居室的单间出租房，通常共用卫生间，有时共用厨房。比 studio 便宜也更简陋。这个词往往暗示较旧、条件一般的住房。

Example conversation

A: What’s the difference between this bedsit and the studio? B: The bedsit shares a bathroom down the hall; the studio has its own.

A：这个 bedsit 和 studio 有什么区别？ B：bedsit 要共用走廊尽头的卫生间；studio 有自己的。

What you could say back

“How many people share the bathroom?”

Related phrases

Studio (flat) HMO (house in multiple occupation) Single room

Official sources

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