房地产 fángdìchǎn real estate
How to remember 房地产: 房 house + 地 ground + 产 to give birth = real estate.
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How it is used
- Real estate (as an industry/asset) - 房地产市场 (fángdìchǎn shìchǎng) the property market; 房地产开发商 (fángdìchǎn kāifāshāng) property developer.
- Covers land + buildings as economic property; often shortened to 房产 (fángchǎn) in everyday talk about one's own property.
- Ubiquitous in news about the Chinese economy.