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How to say "check out" in Chinese

退房

tuì fáng

travel · accommodation · beginner · neutral

travelaccommodationbeginnerneutralhotel

When To Use It

"check out" maps to 退房 (tuì fáng), a neutral travel phrase for accommodation situations.

Travel language works best when it is brief, clear, and easy to repeat with different place names or destinations.

Practice it first exactly as written, then swap in your own people, places, or objects so it becomes part of your active speaking repertoire.

Tone And Delivery

The register is neutral, which makes it flexible: safe in most daily situations without sounding stiff or overly intimate.

Because this is marked beginner, you should aim to recognize it instantly and reuse it with your own names, nouns, locations, or numbers.

A good practice target is the example sentence 我今天要退房,请问几点之前? (wǒ jīntiān yào tuì fáng, qǐngwèn jǐ diǎn zhīqián?). Once that feels natural, shorten your pause and try it at conversation speed.

Practice Ideas

This phrase becomes more useful when you learn it as part of a mini-sequence. After saying it, a natural next step could be 办理入住 (bànlǐ rùzhù).

A second nearby phrase to review is 我有预订 (wǒ yǒu yùdìng), which helps you stay in the same topic instead of translating from scratch again.

  • Read the example “I'm checking out today. What time is the deadline?” aloud, then replace one detail with your own information.
  • Pair it with “Check in” next so your conversation does not stop after a single line.
  • Match the phrase to your tone of voice: soft for polite requests, flatter and quicker for routine daily use.
  • If you hear a slightly different version in the wild, compare the tone and context before treating it as interchangeable.

Examples

  • 我今天要退房,请问几点之前?

    wǒ jīntiān yào tuì fáng, qǐngwèn jǐ diǎn zhīqián?

    I'm checking out today. What time is the deadline?

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Phrase FAQ

退房 (tuì fáng).

Use it in accommodation situations where a neutral tone fits. Because it is tagged beginner, it is meant to be practical and reusable rather than literary or highly specialized.

Yes. Every phrase page includes pinyin with tone marks, plus example sentences so you can hear how the wording expands in real use.

A useful follow-up is 办理入住 (bànlǐ rùzhù) — "check in". Studying connected phrases in small clusters makes them easier to recall in conversation.

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