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房卡不能用。

The room card is not working.
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Practice path

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Scene

When to use it

Telling hotel staff that your key card does not open the room or elevator.

Risk

safe

If the card is lost, say 房卡丢了 instead.

Literal

Room card cannot use.

不能用 is a practical device/service failure phrase.

Examples

Say it inside real sentences.

Run the 4-step recall
01 Sorry, the room card is not working.
02 My room card is not working.

Mini dialogue

Hear the social move.

Play both lines, then say the second line without looking.

A What is the problem?
B The room card is not working.

Contrast

Do not blur these together.

01 It cannot be used / it is not working.
02 It can be used / it works.

Recall prompts

Check whether it survived.

01 · What does 房卡不能用。 mean?

Answer: The room card is not working.

不能用 is a practical device/service failure phrase.

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02 · Fill the pinyin for 房卡不能用。

Answer: fáng kǎ bù néng yòng.

房卡 is fáng kǎ: second tone plus third tone.

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03 · Which line reports a hotel key-card problem?

Answer: 房卡不能用。

房卡 means room card; 不能用 means cannot be used.

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