样板间

樣板間

yàngbǎnjiān

noun

Measure Word

一套样板间 tào

Meanings

1 model apartment / showroom unit
2 show flat (in real estate sales)

Characters

sample / pattern

board / template

Examples

我们去售楼处参观了样板间。

Wǒmen qù shòulóuchù cānguān le yàngbǎnjiān.

We went to the sales office and toured the model apartment.

样板间装修得很豪华,但实际交付的房子可能差很多。

Yàngbǎnjiān zhuāngxiū de hěn háohuá, dàn shíjì jiāofù de fángzi kěnéng chà hěn duō.

The model unit is decorated luxuriously, but the actual delivered apartment may be quite different.

Tips

culture

Buying off-plan (期房, qīfáng — pre-completion) is the dominant model in mainland Chinese real estate. The 样板间 at the 售楼处 (sales office) is the only thing buyers can physically walk through before paying. After the 烂尾楼 (làngwěilóu, 'unfinished building') crisis around 2022, buyers became much more skeptical of how showroom units compare to delivery.

usage

Closely related: 样板房 (yàngbǎnfáng) — same idea, slightly more formal. 间 emphasizes 'a room/unit', 房 emphasizes 'a house'. Both are common.

Stroke Order

样 yàng

板 bǎn

间 jiān