请打扫一下房间
qǐng dǎsǎo yíxià fángjiān
Please clean the room · trad. 請打掃一下房間
请打扫一下房间 (Qǐng dǎsǎo yíxià fángjiān) means "Please clean the room." It is a polite request often used in hotels to ask for housekeeping to clean or tidy up the room.
What does 请打扫一下房间 (qǐng dǎsǎo yíxià fángjiān) mean?
请打扫一下房间 (qǐng dǎsǎo yíxià fángjiān) means “please clean the room” in English. Word for word, it breaks down as “please clean up a bit the room.”
When to use it
Neutral and polite. This phrase is commonly used in hotels to request housekeeping. For a more general 'tidy up,' you could say 请整理房间 (qǐng zhěnglǐ fángjiān).
How to pronounce it
Sounds like “ching DAH-sao yee-SHYAH fang-JYEN.” Pay attention to the tones, especially the third tones on 打 and 扫, and the tone change on 一.
Other ways to say it
- 请整理房间qǐng zhěnglǐ fángjiānPlease tidy up the room
- 请收拾一下qǐng shōushi yíxiàPlease tidy up a bit
- 需要打扫房间xūyào dǎsǎo fángjiānNeed the room cleaned
Examples
请打扫一下房间，谢谢。
qǐng dǎsǎo yíxià fángjiān, xièxie.
Please clean the room, thank you.
我明天早上要退房，请打扫一下房间。
wǒ míngtiān zǎoshang yào tuìfáng, qǐng dǎsǎo yíxià fángjiān.
I'm checking out tomorrow morning, please clean the room.
服务员，请打扫一下房间好吗？
fúwùyuán, qǐng dǎsǎo yíxià fángjiān hǎo ma?
Attendant, could you please clean the room?
Pro tip: The '一下' (yíxià) softens the request, making it sound more polite and less demanding. 打扫 (dǎsǎo) specifically means to 'clean up' or 'sweep,' implying a more thorough cleaning than just tidying.
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