开房间

開房間

kāifángjiān

phrase #31,086

Meanings

1 to rent/check into a hotel room
2 (slang) to get a room (for a sexual encounter)

Characters

(measure for rooms)

Examples

我们到酒店开房间吧。

Wǒmen dào jiǔdiàn kāi fángjiān ba.

Let's check into the hotel and get a room.

他们俩开房间被人撞见了。

Tāmen liǎ kāi fángjiān bèi rén zhuàngjiàn le.

The two of them got caught getting a room together.

Tips

register

Literally 'to open a room.' Among unmarried couples, 开房 / 开房间 strongly implies a sexual purpose — be careful with context. If you just mean 'check in,' 入住 (rùzhù) or 订房 (dìng fáng, book a room) is safer.

Stroke Order

开 kāi

房 fáng

间 jiān