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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Jū | Ju1
English translation
surname Ju
to reside
to be (in a certain position)
to store up
to be at a standstill
residence
house
restaurant
classifier for bedrooms
to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

door

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

户古

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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我们 wǒmen de 邻居 línjū qiáng hěn Gāo .

Our neighbours built their walls high.

zhāo 花园 huā yuán 篱笆 lí ba 邻居 línjū liáo le hěn jiǔ .

She had a good gossip with a neighbour over the garden fence.

de xīn zhēn hǎo ,你的 lǎo 邻居 línjū 生病 shēngbìng shí 一直 yīzhí 照料 zhào liào .

It was very noble of you to look after your old neighbour when she was sick.

所有 suǒyǒu de 邻居 línjū dōu chǎo fān le .

She has fallen out with all her neighbors.

de 邻居 línjū 经常 jīngcháng zài 夜晚 yè wǎn péi 做伴 zuò bàn .

Her neighbours often keep her company in the evenings.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
居然 jūrán unexpectedly居然 jūrán
居民 jūmín resident居民 jūmín
邻居 línjū neighbor鄰居
to reside
居住 jūzhù to reside居住 jūzhù
同居 tóng jū to live together同居 tóng jū
分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple)分居 fēn jū
位居 wèi jū to be located at位居 wèi jū
定居 dìng jū to take up residence定居 dìng jū
居委会 jū wěi huì neighbourhood committee居委會
起居室 qǐ jū shì living room起居室 qǐ jū shì
居室 jū shì room居室 jū shì
居家 jū jiā to live at home居家 jū jiā
隐居 yǐn jū to live in seclusion隱居
居多 jū duō to be in the majority居多 jū duō
居民区 jū mín qū living area居民區
穴居 xué jū to live in a cave穴居 xué jū
安居 Ān jū to settle down安居 Ān jū
居高不下 jū gāo bù xià (of prices, rates etc) to remain high居高不下 jū gāo bù xià
移居 yí jū to migrate移居 yí jū
民居 mín jū houses民居 mín jū
居留 jū liú residence居留 jū liú
新居 xīn jū new home新居 xīn jū
家居 jiā jū home家居 jiā jū
聚居 jù jū to congregate聚居 jù jū

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