收房

shōufáng

verb

Meanings

1 to take delivery of a new apartment
2 to take back a rented apartment (of a landlord)
3 to take a maidservant as a concubine

Characters

to receive; to take back

house; apartment

Examples

HSK 5

新房子已经建好了，我们下周就可以收房。

Xīn fángzi yǐjing jiànhǎo le, wǒmen xià zhōu jiù kěyǐ shōufáng.

Our new apartment is ready, and we can take possession of it next week.

HSK 7-9

房东说合同到期后要收房，我们得赶紧找新住处。

Fángdōng shuō hétong dàoqī hòu yào shōufáng, wǒmen děi gǎnjǐn zhǎo xīn zhùchu.

The landlord says he will take the apartment back when the lease ends, so we need to find a new place fast.

HSK 7-9

在旧小说里，老爷常把丫鬟收房做妾。

Zài jiù xiǎoshuō lǐ, lǎoye cháng bǎ yāhuan shōufáng zuò qiè.

In old novels the master of the house often took a maid as his concubine.

Tips

usage

With a new apartment, the developer 交房 (hands it over) and the buyer 收房 after a careful 验房 (inspection), since faults are harder to claim once you sign. With a rental, the landlord 收房 while the tenant 退租.

Stroke Order

收 shōu

房 fáng