Chinese word

房地产

Pronunciation

Pinyinfáng dì chǎn

Meaning

  • nounreal estate

Example

他们在房地产公司工作。tā men zài fáng dì chǎn gōng sī gōng zuò

They work at a real estate company.

Illustration for 房地产 (real estate)

More examples

今年房地产价格上涨，很多人担心泡沫。jīn nián fáng dì chǎn jià gé shàng zhǎng hěn duō rén dān xīn pào mò

This year's real estate prices have risen, and many people are worried about a bubble.

Core concept

Immovable wealth made up of land and the structures fixed to it, viewed as something people can own, use, or trade.

Common phrases

  • 房地产开发fáng dì chǎn kāi fā

    real estate development

  • 房地产中介fáng dì chǎn zhōng jiè

    real estate agent

  • 房地产价格fáng dì chǎn jià gé

    real estate prices

Similar words

房产fáng chǎn: Property made up of buildings and land held or managed for ownership or investment.
房子fáng zi: A specific home or room where people live.
不动产bú dòng chǎn: Immovable property, especially land and buildings, as defined in formal law.
土地tǔ dì: An area of land that can be used for building or treated as property.

Definition in Chinese

指土地和建筑物等固定不动产，作为财产被拥有、使用或买卖。zhǐ tǔ dì hé jiàn zhù wù děng gù dìng bú dòng chǎn zuò wéi cái chǎn bèi yōng yǒu shǐ yòng huò mǎi mài

Word origin

房 (fáng, "house") + 地 (dì, "land") + 产 (chǎn, "property") joins buildings and land into one name for property fixed to the ground.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this noun often refers to the property business or market as a whole, not just one building, so news and workplace conversations commonly use it for a sector.

Other meanings

  • real estate industrynoun
  • propertynoun

Opposites

  • 动产dòng chǎnmovable propertynoun

Related words

  • 房地产开发商fáng dì chǎn kāi fā shāngreal estate developernoun
  • 房地产中介fáng dì chǎn zhōng jièreal estate agentnoun

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