你
Hello, I'd like to see the apartment you posted.
Beginner · 6-8 min
Make an Appointment to View an Apartment预约看房
After this scene, you can ask to view an apartment, arrange a specific viewing time, request the location through WeChat, and confirm where to meet the agent.
Learning
Scene setup
You found an apartment listing in China and contact the real estate agent who posted it. Viewings are often arranged directly with an agent, and the building or residential compound location may be sent through WeChat before the appointment. You agree to meet at 3 p.m. the next afternoon, ask for the location, and confirm that the agent will wait at the south gate of the residential compound.
Core dialogue
中介
Okay. When are you available to view the apartment?
你
Would 3 p.m. tomorrow work?
中介
Yes. Do you know where the residential compound is?
你
No. Could you send me the location?
中介
Sure. I'll send it to you on WeChat.
你
Okay. Where should we meet after I arrive?
中介
Meet me at the south gate of the residential compound. Call me when you arrive.
你
Okay, see you at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
中介
Okay, see you tomorrow.
Key phrases
Pick a phrase and see what it means here, and how to reuse it.
Phrase Card
Phrase 1 of 6
kàn看fáng房
view an apartment or house
From the dialogue
中介:好的，您什么时候方便看房？
Okay. When are you available to view the apartment?
Use it here
Use 看房 when visiting a property to inspect it before deciding whether to rent or buy it.
Say it another way
- wǒ我xiǎng想kàn看fáng房。
I'd like to view the apartment.
- shén什me么shí时hou候kě可yǐ以kàn看fáng房？
When can I view the apartment?
- jīn今tiān天fāng方biàn便kàn看fáng房ma吗？
Is today convenient for a viewing?
Patterns
Pick a pattern and see how it helps you say new things in the same scene.
Pattern Card
Pattern 1 of 3
什么时候方便 + Verb Phrase？
Ask when another person is available to do a specific activity.
什么时候方便动作？
动作 = the appointment activity
From dialogue
- nín您shén什me么shí时hou候fāng方biàn便kàn看fáng房？
When are you available to view the apartment?
Try also
- nín您shén什me么shí时hou候fāng方biàn便dǎ打diàn电huà话？
When are you available for a call?
- nín您shén什me么shí时hou候fāng方biàn便qiān签hé合tong同？
When are you available to sign the contract?
Common mistakes
Small fixes that make your Chinese sound natural.
1. Count a property with 套
Not natural
我想看看那张房子。
Natural
我想看看那套房子。
Why
Use 套 for a complete apartment or house; 张 counts flat objects.
2. Use one question form
Not natural
明天下午三点行不行吗？
Natural
明天下午三点行吗？
Why
行吗 and 行不行 are separate question forms; do not combine them.
3. Mark where the message is sent
Not natural
我发您的微信上。
Natural
我发到您的微信上。
Why
With this word order, 到 marks WeChat as the destination of the sending action.
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