Whether foreigners or locals

living in Taiwan should be able to rent a house!

Is it expensive to rent an apartment in Taiwan?

What is the average house price in Taipei?

How is the electricity bill calculated? Is five yuan a time legal?

Will you encounter any troubles when renting with others?

In today's episode, let's listen to Cathy and Sandy sharing their little things about renting an apartment in Taipei!

▶️How expensive is it to rent a room in Taipei

▶️Whether it’s legal to charge a higher electricity fee

▶️What could be the most annoying things if you live with others

【Vocabularies】

1. 有共鳴 Yǒu gòngmíng : to resonate with…

2. 食衣住行 shí yī zhù xíng: food, clothing, housing, and transportation

3. 北漂 běi piāo : an expression used to describe younger from other cities of Taiwan to work or study in Taipei

4. 房租 fángzū : rent

5. 雅房 yǎ fang : single room

6. 套房 tàofáng : studio

7. 含水不含電 hánshuǐ bù hán diàn : the rent, including the water bill but not the electricity one

8. 家裡支援 jiālǐ zhīyuán : to have financial support from family

9. 忿忿不平 fènfèn bùpíng: to be upset and angry facing an unjust situation

10. 貪心 tānxīn : greedy

11. 好心 hǎoxīn : kind

12. 佛心 fú xīn : a bit more than being kind, probably super kind

13. 被坑了 bèi kēngle : to be ripped off

14. 代收垃圾 dài shōu lèsè : to have someone clean the trash for you

15. 蠻不方便 mán bù fāngbiàn : quite inconvenient

16. 最低要求 zuìdī yāoqiú : the minimum requirement

17. 便利商店 biànlì shāngdiàn : convenient store

18. 其次 qícì : secondly

19. 室友 shìyǒu : roommate

20. 腳踏墊 jiǎo tà diàn : bath mat

21. 匪夷所思 fěiyísuǒsī : to have no clue of how something could have happened

22. 作息 zuòxí : routine

23. 夜貓族 yè māo zú: night owls, people who get more productive during the night

24. 把…錯開 bǎ…cuòkāi : to stagger (schedule, time)

【Contact us】

Instagram: @hsinyeh_taiwanesemandarin / @cathy_chinese

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