你
Hello, I'd like to check out and also store my luggage.
Beginner · 6-8 min
Check Out and Store Luggage酒店退房并寄存行李
After this scene, you can check out at a hotel, give your room number, ask to store luggage until a specific time, complete a luggage tag, and understand how to use the matching claim tag later.
Learning
Scene setup
You are leaving a hotel in China but still have several hours before your next trip. After returning the room card and checking out at the front desk, you ask whether the hotel can hold your two bags until 4 p.m. The clerk asks you to complete a luggage tag for the bags and gives you the matching claim tag to keep and show when you return to collect them.
Core dialogue
前台
Okay. May I have your room number?
你
806. Here is the room card.
前台
Okay. How many pieces of luggage do you have?
你
Two. Can I store them until 4 p.m.?
前台
Yes. Please write your name and phone number on this luggage tag.
你
Okay, I've finished filling it out.
前台
This is your luggage claim tag. Please keep it safe and show it to us when you collect your luggage.
你
Okay, thank you.
前台
You're welcome.
Key phrases
Pick a phrase and see what it means here, and how to reuse it.
Phrase Card
Phrase 1 of 6
tuì退fáng房
check out of a hotel
From the dialogue
你:您好，我想退房，还想寄存一下行李。
Hello, I'd like to check out and also store my luggage.
Use it here
Use 退房 at the front desk when you are ending your hotel stay.
Say it another way
- wǒ我xiǎng想tuì退fáng房。
I'd like to check out.
- xiàn现zài在kě可yǐ以tuì退fáng房ma吗？
Can I check out now?
- qǐng请wèn问zài在nǎ哪lǐ里tuì退fáng房？
Where do I check out?
Patterns
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Pattern Card
Pattern 1 of 3
我想 + A，还想 + B
State one request, then add a second request with 还想.
我想动作 A，还想动作 B
动作 A = the first thing you want to do
动作 B = the additional thing you want to do
From dialogue
- wǒ我xiǎng想tuì退fáng房，hái还xiǎng想jì寄cún存yí一xià下xíng行li李。
I'd like to check out and also store my luggage.
Try also
- wǒ我xiǎng想wèn问yí一xià下tuì退fáng房shí时jiān间，hái还xiǎng想jiào叫yí一liàng辆chū出zū租chē车。
I'd like to ask about checkout time and also call a taxi.
- wǒ我xiǎng想jì寄cún存xíng行li李，hái还xiǎng想wèn问yí一xià下qù去jī机chǎng场de的lù路xiàn线。
I'd like to store my luggage and also ask for directions to the airport.
Common mistakes
Small fixes that make your Chinese sound natural.
1. Use the fixed expression 退房
Not natural
我想退房间。
Natural
我想退房。
Why
Hotel checkout is expressed with the fixed verb 退房; do not add 间.
2. Mark the storage endpoint with 到
Not natural
可以寄存下午四点吗？
Natural
可以寄存到下午四点吗？
Why
到 introduces the time until which the luggage will be stored.
3. Count luggage with 件
Not natural
我有两个行李。
Natural
我有两件行李。
Why
Learners often overuse the general measure word 个; use 件 for separate pieces of luggage in standard Chinese.
Quick answers for this Chinese scene
What does 退房 mean in Chinese?
check out of a hotel Use 退房 at the front desk when you are ending your hotel stay.
What does 寄存行李 mean in Chinese?
store luggage Use 寄存行李 when asking a hotel or service counter to hold your bags temporarily.
What does 几件行李 mean in Chinese?
how many pieces of luggage Use 件 as the measure word when staff count separate pieces of luggage.
What is a common check out and store luggage mistake to avoid?
Say 我想退房。 instead of 我想退房间。. Hotel checkout is expressed with the fixed verb 退房; do not add 间.
What is a common check out and store luggage mistake to avoid?
Say 可以寄存到下午四点吗？ instead of 可以寄存下午四点吗？. 到 introduces the time until which the luggage will be stored.
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