房东 (房東)
fáng dōng
Pinyin

Definition

房东 (房東)
 - 
fáng dōng
  1. landlord

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

房
Fáng
  1. 1 surname Fang
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 classifier: 栋 dòng
  6. 6 classifier: 幢 zhuàng
  7. 7 classifier: 座 zuò
  8. 8 classifier: 套 tào
  9. 9 classifier: 间 jiān
房间
fáng jiān
  1. 1 room
  2. 2 classifier: 间 jiān
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
乳房
rǔ fáng
  1. 1 breast
  2. 2 udder
二手房
èr shǒu fáng
  1. 1 second-hand house
  2. 2 house acquired indirectly through a middle-man

Idioms (5)

三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
宠擅专房
chǒng shàn zhuān fáng
  1. 1 an especially favored concubine (idiom)
文房四宝
wén fáng sì bǎo
  1. 1 Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bǐ], 墨[mò], 紙|纸[zhǐ] and 硯|砚[yàn]
  2. 2 the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom)
洞房花烛
dòng fáng huā zhú
  1. 1 bridal room and ornamented candles
  2. 2 wedding festivities (idiom)
蹿房越脊
cuān fáng yuè jǐ
  1. 1 lit. to leap the house and cross the roofridge (idiom); dashing over rooftops (of robbers and pursuing knight-errant 俠客|侠客 in fiction)

Sample Sentences

房东挂出的租金是两千五百块钱一个月，要求租户押一付三。
fángdōng guàchū de zūjīn shì liǎng qiān wǔbǎi kuàiqián yī ge yuè ，yāoqiú zūhù yāyīfùsān 。
The landlord wanted RMB2500 per month, and is asking for three up front plus one.
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还有我们中介的中介费，一共是三千元，您和房东各出一半。
háiyǒu wǒmen zhōngjiè de zhōngjiè fèi ，yīgòng shì sānqiān yuán ，nín hé fángdōng gè chū yībàn 。
There's also our agency fee, which is RMB3000 in total. You and the landlord pay half each.
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A）房产中介（B）房客陈小姐（C）房东王太太
A ）fángchǎn zhōngjiè （B ）fángkè Chén xiǎojie （C ）fángdōng Wáng Tàitai
(A) Real estate agent (B) Tenant Ms Chen (C) Landlady Mrs Wang
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王太太、陈小姐，这是租屋合同，你们先看看。王太太，您是房东，请注意甲方的条款、陈小姐，您要清楚乙方的责任。
Wáng Tàitai 、Chén xiǎojie ，zhè shì zū wū hétong ，nǐmen xiān kàn kan 。Wáng Tàitai ，nín shì fángdōng ，qǐng zhùyì jiǎfāng de tiáokuǎn 、Chén xiǎojie ，nín yào qīngchǔ yǐfāng de zérèn 。
Mrs Wang and Ms Chen, this is the rental contract, have a look. Mrs Wang, you are the landlady, please pay attention to the conditions for party A, Ms Chen, you should be clear of the responsibilities of party B.
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我上周找好了新的房子准备下个月搬家的，结果房东不退我押金。
wǒ shàngzhōu zhǎohǎo le xīnde fángzi zhǔnbèi xià gè yuè bānjiā de ，jiéguǒ fángdōng bù tuì wǒ yājīn 。
Last week I found a new apartment and I was preparing to move next month. It turns out the landlord won't give me back my deposit.
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真是气死我了，遇到这样一个极品房东！
zhēn shì qìsǐ wǒ le ，yùdào zhèyàng yī gè jípǐn fángdōng ！
This really makes me so angry to come across such a “rare specimen” of a landlord!
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也是订房间的网站。不过不是酒店，算是民宿吧。房东出租自己多余的房间，赚点钱。
yě shì dìng fángjiān de wǎngzhàn 。bùguò bùshì jiǔdiàn ，suàn shì mínsù ba 。fángdōng chūzū zìjǐ duōyú de fángjiān ，zhuàn diǎnr qián 。
It's an internet site that let's you book rooms. However, they aren't hotels, they're just rooms in people's homes. The landlord rents out his own spare rooms and makes a bit of money.
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我是房东。这是我的新卡号：4008 1927 1823 3827
wǒ shì fángdōng 。zhè shì wǒ de xīn kǎ hào ：sìlínglíngbā yījiǔèrqī yībāèrsān sānbāèrqī
It's the landlord. This is my new card number: 4008 1927 1823 3827.
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我问一下房东。
wǒ wèn yīxià fángdōng 。
I'll ask my landlord.
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给房东打电话了吗？房东那里可能有备用钥匙。
gěi fángdōng dǎ diànhuà le ma ？fángdōng nàlǐ kěnéng yǒu bèiyòng yàoshi 。
Did you give the landlord a call? The landlord might have a spare key.
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