开房

開房

kāifáng

verb

Meanings

1 to book a hotel room (often with the implication of a sexual encounter)
2 to get a room

Characters

Examples

他们去酒店开房了。

Tāmen qù jiǔdiàn kāifáng le.

They went to book a hotel room.

开房需要出示身份证。

Kāifáng xūyào chūshì shēnfènzhèng.

You need to show ID to check into a hotel room.

Tips

register

Literally 'open a room' (short for 开房间). In everyday Mandarin this usually carries a sexual implication, similar to English 'get a room.' In neutral travel contexts use 订房 (book a room) or 入住 (check in).

Stroke Order

开 kāi

房 fáng