"landlady" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 女房东

Definition

将房产或房间出租给租户的女性。历史上也用于指经营旅馆或寄宿公寓的女性。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

对应的男性词是'landlord'。现代用法中，'landlord'常作为中性词使用，但'landlady'在英式英语中仍然常见。常见搭配："my landlady"、"the landlady of the pub"。

Examples

My landlady lives on the first floor of the building.

我的**女房东**住在大楼一层。

The landlady asked us to keep the noise down after 10 PM.

**女房东**要求我们晚上十点后保持安静。

We pay rent directly to the landlady every month.

我们每月直接向**女房东**交房租。

Our landlady is great — she fixed the heater the same day we reported it.

我们的**女房东**太好了——我们报修暖气的当天她就修好了。

The landlady of the pub had been running the place for over thirty years.

那家酒吧的**女老板**已经经营那个地方超过三十年了。

I got lucky with my landlady — she doesn't care about pets, which is rare in this city.

我运气好遇到了好**女房东**——她不在乎宠物，这在这座城市很少见。