How to say “Do you have a room available?” in Chinese
“Do you have a room available?” in Chinese is 有空房吗？, written in pinyin as Yǒu kòngfáng ma?.
有空房吗？
Yǒu kòngfáng ma?
Do you have a room available?
Word by word
What each part of 有空房吗？ actually means.
- 有yǒuto have
- 空房kòngfángvacant room
- 吗maquestion particle
When you use it
- Use it walking into a hotel without a booking, or calling ahead at night when the booking apps show sold out.
- The same sentence works on the phone, where desks answer it faster than booking apps update availability.
Use 有空房吗？ in hotel situations. Check in, check out and fix things in your room.
Other ways people say it
The same idea, said differently. Roughly in the order you'll hear them.
今天有房吗？
Jīntiān yǒu fáng ma?
Do you have a room tonight?
还有房间吗？
Hái yǒu fángjiān ma?
Any rooms left?
有大床房吗？
Yǒu dàchuángfáng ma?
Do you have a double room?
What usually trips people up
- Asking without a date — walk-ins are always asked which night, so lead with 今晚 (tonight) to skip a round trip.
- Trusting 满了 immediately — ask 附近有别的酒店吗 (is there another hotel nearby); desk staff genuinely help with this.
- Skipping the price check — the desk quotes rack rate to walk-ins; ask 多少钱一晚 before accepting the key.
What you might hear back
- 有，标间三百八。Yǒu, biāojiān sānbāi bāYes — standard room, 380 yuan.
- 只剩大床房了。Zhǐ shèng dàchuángfáng leOnly doubles are left.
- 满了，旁边有一家。Mǎn le, pángbiān yǒu yì jiāFull — there's another hotel next door.
Common questions
- How do you say "Do you have a room available?" in Chinese?
- "Do you have a room available?" in Chinese is 有空房吗？ — written in pinyin as Yǒu kòngfáng ma?. It is a hotel phrase you would use in China.
- What does 有空房吗？ mean in Chinese?
- 有空房吗？ (Yǒu kòngfáng ma?) means "Do you have a room available?". Broken down word by word: 有 (yǒu) means "to have"; 空房 (kòngfáng) means "vacant room"; 吗 (ma) means "question particle".
- When would you use "Do you have a room available?" in Chinese?
- Use it walking into a hotel without a booking, or calling ahead at night when the booking apps show sold out. The same sentence works on the phone, where desks answer it faster than booking apps update availability.
Where you'll use it
有空房吗？ comes up in these situations, in this order.
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