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開房

简开房 · 繁開房

Mandarin · pinyin kāi fáng

see 開房間 kāi fáng jiān

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
房: fáng · house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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1–2 · kai1 fang2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hoi1 fong2

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verb

(informal) to book a hotel room
(specifically, euphemistic) to have sex at a hotel

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