房价

• Pinyin: fáng jià
• Hanzi breakdown: 房 = 户 (door) + 方 (direction) — house with doors; 价 = 亻 (person) + 介 (between) — value

Meaning

Housing prices; property prices. The price of real estate, especially residential properties.

A hot topic in China where housing prices in major cities have risen dramatically. Key phrases: 房价上涨 (housing price increase), 房价调控 (housing price control), 高房价 (high housing prices). Often discussed in relation to marriage (buying a house before marriage is traditional) and social mobility.

Examples

1. 一线城市的房价太高了，很多年轻人根本买不起房。 Housing prices in first-tier cities are too high; many young people simply can't afford to buy.
2. 政府出台了新政策来稳定房价，防止过快上涨。 The government has introduced new policies to stabilize housing prices and prevent them from rising too fast.
3. 他们为了买房攒了十年，结果房价涨得比工资还快。 They saved for ten years to buy a house, but housing prices rose faster than their salaries.

Usage Guide

Context: economy, real estate, society

Tone: concerned

Do Say

• 现在房价这么高，年轻人压力太大了。(With housing prices so high now, young people are under too much pressure.)
• 你们那边房价多少钱一平？(How much per square meter are housing prices in your area?)

Don't Say

• 把租金说成房价 (Don't confuse 房价 (purchase price) with 房租 (rent) — they're different concepts)

Origin & History

Compound of 房 (house) + 价 (price). A modern term reflecting the importance of property prices in contemporary Chinese society.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal