期房

qīfáng

noun

Measure Word

一套期房 tào

Meanings

1 pre-sale housing (not yet built)
2 forward delivery apartment

Characters

period; forward-dated

house, apartment

Examples

他去年买了一套期房,现在还没交房。

Tā qùnián mǎile yī tào qīfáng, xiànzài hái méi jiāofáng.

He bought a pre-sale apartment last year and it still hasn't been delivered.

买期房有风险,可能出现烂尾楼。

Mǎi qīfáng yǒu fēngxiǎn, kěnéng chūxiàn lànwěilóu.

Buying pre-sale housing is risky — the building might end up unfinished.

Tips

culture

Opposite: 现房 (finished housing). Pre-sale has dominated the Chinese property market since the 1990s. After the 2021–2022 developer crisis (Evergrande et al.) left many 烂尾楼 (unfinished buildings), buyer confidence in 期房 dropped significantly.

Stroke Order

期 qī

房 fáng