房号
fánghào
The English phrase "room number" is translated into Chinese as 房号 (fánghào).
The phrase refers to the specific number assigned to a room in a hotel or building.
What does it mean word for word?
The word is composed of 房 (fáng), meaning 'room' and 号 (hào), meaning 'number' or 'mark'.
How do you pronounce it?
fánghào
When do people say it?
In a hotel setting, a staff member would use the phrase 请问您的房号是多少？ to ask for a guest's room number.
Did you know?
- In many Chinese buildings, the 'room number' might omit certain digits entirely, such as '4', because the number sounds too similar to the word for 'death'.
- The number 1 is often pronounced as yī in a room number, but in phone numbers, it is frequently replaced with yāo to avoid confusion with 7.
- In some traditional contexts, 号 can refer to a courtesy name or a pseudonym given to an artist or scholar.
Examples in context
- 房间号码三百零二Room number 302
- 房号四零五Room number 405
- 房间号码五一二Room 512
- 房号九零一Room 901
- 请问您的房号是多少？Qǐngwèn nín de fáng hào shì duōshǎo?May I ask what your room number is?
- 我忘了记下房号了。Wǒ wàngle jì xià fáng hào le.I forgot to write down the room number.
- 请在表格上写下房号。Qǐng zài biǎogé shàng xiě xià fáng hào.Please write down the room number on the form.
Example conversation
浩然 and 晓雯 are checking into a hotel.
- 浩然 Haoran晓雯，你的房号是多少？Xiǎowén, nǐ de fáng hào shì duōshǎo?Xiaowen, what is your room number?
- 晓雯 Xiaowen我的房号是 802。Wǒ de fáng hào shì bā líng èr.My room number is 802.
- 浩然 Haoran好，那我也去拿钥匙。Hǎo, nà wǒ yě qù ná yàoshi.Okay, then I will go get the keys too.
- 晓雯 Xiaowen好的，一会儿见。Hǎo de, yīhuìr jiàn.Okay, see you in a bit.
