Housing and renting: HSK 7-9 居住与租房：HSK 七至九级

公司同意和我续约两年。

Gōngsī tóngyì hé wǒ xùyuē liǎng nián.

The company agreed to renew my contract for two years.

老板问我愿不愿意续约两年。

Lǎobǎn wèn wǒ yuàn bú yuànyì xùyuē liǎng nián.

The boss asked whether I would be willing to renew for two years.

这间客厅的采光很好。

Zhè jiān kètīng de cǎiguāng hěn hǎo.

This living room gets a lot of natural light.

卧室朝北，采光不太好。

Wòshì cháo běi, cǎiguāng bútàihǎo.

The bedroom faces north, so it doesn't get much natural light.

他父母帮他付了首付。

Tā fùmǔ bāng tā fùle shǒufù.

His parents helped him pay the down payment.

这套房子的首付要多少钱？

Zhè tào fángzi de shǒufù yào duōshǎo qián?

How much is the down payment on this apartment?

这栋别墅的主人是谁？

Zhè dòng biéshù de zhǔrén shì shéi?

Who owns this villa?

周末去山上的别墅住吧？

Zhōumò qù shānshàng de biéshù zhù ba?

Shall we stay at the villa in the mountains this weekend?

这套房子的户型很方正。

Zhè tào fángzi de hùxíng hěn fāngzhèng.

The layout of this flat is nice and regular.

我更喜欢两室一厅的户型。

Wǒ gèng xǐhuan liǎng shì yì tīng de hùxíng.

I prefer a two-bedroom, one-living-room layout.

买房产要先看清楚手续。

Mǎi fángchǎn yào xiān kàn qīngchu shǒuxù.

When buying real estate, check the paperwork carefully first.

他父母留给他一处房产。

Tā fùmǔ liúgěi tā yí chù fángchǎn.

His parents left him a piece of real estate.

这套房子的产权属于谁？

Zhè tào fángzi de chǎnquán shǔyú shéi?

Who owns the property rights to this apartment?

这套房子的产权年限是七十年。

Zhè tào fángzi de chǎnquán niánxiàn shì qīshí nián.

The property right on this apartment lasts seventy years.

银行今年又降低了房贷利率。

Yínháng jīnnián yòu jiàngdīle fángdài lìlǜ.

The bank lowered mortgage interest rates again this year.

每个月的房贷占了我一半工资。

Měige yuè de fángdài zhànle wǒ yíbàn gōngzī.

The mortgage takes up half of my salary every month.

我要出国半年，想把房子转租。

Wǒ yào chūguó bànnián, xiǎng bǎ fángzi zhuǎnzū.

I'm going abroad for six months and want to sublet my apartment.

没有房东同意，你不能随便转租。

Méiyǒu fángdōng tóngyì, nǐ bùnéng suíbiàn zhuǎnzū.

You can't just sublet without the landlord's permission.

刚工作的年轻人大多选择合租。

Gāng gōngzuò de niánqīngrén dàduō xuǎnzé hézū.

Most young people who have just started working choose to share a rental.

合租虽然便宜，但是不太自由。

Hézū suīrán piányi, dànshì bú tài zìyóu.

Co-renting is cheap, but you don't have much freedom.

房东对租客很刻薄。

Fángdōng duì zūkè hěn kèbó.

The landlord is very harsh toward his tenants.

新来的租客今天搬进了三楼。

Xīn lái de zūkè jīntiān bān jìnle sān lóu.

The new tenant moved into the third floor today.

这套二手房已经住了二十年了。

Zhè tào èrshǒufáng yǐjīng zhùle èrshí nián le.

This second-hand home has been lived in for twenty years.

他们打算在市中心买一套二手房。

Tāmen dǎsuàn zài shìzhōngxīn mǎi yítào èrshǒufáng.

They plan to buy a second-hand home downtown.

新楼盘下个月开始预售。

Xīn lóupán xiàgeyuè kāishǐ yùshòu.

The new apartment complex goes on pre-sale next month.

那个楼盘明年才能入住。

Nàge lóupán míngnián cáinéng rùzhù.

You can't move into that development until next year.

这套毛坯房还要装修。

Zhè tào máopīfáng hái yào zhuāngxiū.

This unfinished flat still needs to be renovated.

他刚拿到毛坯房的钥匙。

Tā gāng nádào máopīfáng de yàoshi.

He just got the keys to his unfinished flat.

我舅舅是做房地产的。

Wǒ jiùjiu shì zuò fángdìchǎn de.

My uncle works in real estate.

房地产的泡沫终于破了。

Fángdìchǎn de pàomò zhōngyú pòle.

The property bubble has finally burst.

我姑姑多年前在加拿大定居了。

Wǒ gūgu duōnián qián zài Jiānádà dìngjūle.

My aunt settled in Canada many years ago.

他们结了婚并定居在波士顿附近。

Tāmen jié le hūn bìng dìngjū zài Bōshìdùn fùjìn.

They got married and settled near Boston.

你现在的住处离公司远吗？

Nǐ xiànzài de zhùchù lí gōngsī yuǎn ma?

Is your current residence far from the company?

每次我去他住处，他都在读书。

Měicì wǒ qù tā zhùchù, tā dōu zài dúshū.

Every time I went to his place, he was studying.

开发商答应下个月交房。

Kāifāshāng dāying xiàgeyuè jiāo fáng.

The developer promised to hand over the apartments next month.

开发商打算在这里盖新楼。

Kāifāshāng dǎsuàn zài zhèlǐ gài xīn lóu.

The developer plans to build a new building here.

他租赁了一块地种菜。

Tā zūlìnle yíkuài de zhòngcài.

He leased a plot of land to grow vegetables.

公司租赁了三层办公室。

Gōngsī zūlìnle sān céng bàngōngshì.

The company leased three floors of offices.

这个老小区明年就要拆迁了。

Zhège lǎo xiǎoqū míngnián jiùyào chāiqiānle.

This old neighborhood will be demolished next year.

拆迁以后，老人们搬到哪里住？

Chāiqiān yǐhòu, lǎo rénmen bān dào nǎlǐ zhù?

After the demolition, where will the elderly residents move to live?

这一片的平房都要拆了。

Zhè yípiàn de píngfáng dōu yào chāile.

All the single-story houses in this area are going to be torn down.

老城区还留着不少旧平房。

Lǎochéng Qū hái liúzhe bùshǎo jiù píngfáng.

The old town still has quite a few old single-story houses.

他名下有三处不动产。

Tā míngxià yǒu sān chù búdòngchǎn.

He owns three pieces of real estate.

买卖不动产要先办手续。

Mǎimai búdòngchǎn yào xiān bàn shǒuxù.

You have to go through the formalities before buying or selling immovable property.

他无家可归。

Tā wújiā-kěguī.

He has no house to live in.

他们无家可归。

Tāmen wújiā-kěguī.

They have no house to live in.

那里冬天太冷，不算宜居。

Nàli dōngtiān tài lěng, búsuàn yíjū.

Winters there are too cold, so it isn't really livable.

科学家正在寻找宜居的星球。

Kēxuéjiā zhèngzài xúnzhǎo yíjū de xīngqiú.

Scientists are searching for habitable planets.