拼房 (pīnfáng): to share a hotel room (with som…

Meanings

1 to share a hotel room (with someone) to split costs
2 to room together to save money

Characters

拼

pīn

to put together / pool

房

fáng

room

Examples

出差时她常和同事拼房。

Chūchāi shí tā cháng hé tóngshì pīnfáng.

On business trips she often shares a room with a colleague to save money.

为了省钱，他们决定拼房。

Wèile shěng qián, tāmen juédìng pīnfáng.

To save money, they decided to share a room.

Tips

usage

Part of a productive 拼- (pīn-, 'pool together') family of cost-sharing verbs: 拼车 (pīnchē, carpool), 拼餐 (pīncān, share a meal), 拼单 (pīndān, group order). Once you spot 拼-, the meaning 'team up to split costs' is reliable.

Stroke Order

拼 pīn

房 fáng

Related Words

拼餐 pīncān

to order and share a meal together to save money; to split a meal

拼 pīn HSK 5 #2,025

to piece together; to join; to spell / to pool resources; to share (costs) / to go all out; to risk everything

东拼西凑 dōngpīnxīcòu #49,103

to piece together from various sources / to cobble together / to scrape together (money, materials)

客房 kèfáng HSK 7 #5,316

guest room / hotel room

大床房 dàchuángfáng

hotel room with one large bed (queen or king) / double room

双床房 shuāngchuángfáng

twin room (hotel room with two single beds)

耳房 ěrfáng

small side room flanking the main room (of a traditional house) / 'ear' room

开房 kāifáng

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

双人房 shuāngrénfáng

double room (hotel) / twin room

机房 jīfáng #28,854

machine room / engine room / computer room / server room