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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wū | wu1
English translation
house
room
CL: jiān
> jiān [jiān],
>[gè]
building, house, shelter; room

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shī

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

To stop zhì  under a roof shī (variant of  hǎn )

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

尸至

Explanation

Origin unclear. shī might be used here because it looks similar to (door). zhì might be used here because it is a component in Shì (room).

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家乡 jiāxiāng de dòng 房屋 fáng wū 保留 bǎoliú zhāo .

He is keeping on the house in his hometown.

zhǐ 鸽子 gēzi 沿着 yán zhe 屋顶 wū dǐng 大摇大摆 dà yáo dà bǎi de zǒu , yǒu 节奏 jiézòu de 咕咕 jiào .

A pigeon strutted along the roof, cooing rhythmically.

屋顶 wū dǐng de 斜度 xié dù hěn .

The slope of the roof is low.

屋顶 wū dǐng de 两面 liǎng miàn 斜面 xié miàn dōu yǒu 瓦片 wǎ piàn .

On both slopes of the roof there are broken tiles.

导游 dǎoyóu : zài yǎng xīn 殿 diàn de Dōng .

It is in the east chamber of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
house
房屋 fáng wū house房屋 fáng wū
屋子 wūzi house屋子 wūzi
屋顶 wū dǐng roof屋頂
小屋 xiǎo wū cabin小屋 xiǎo wū
屋檐 wū yán eaves屋簷
茅屋 máo wū thatched cottage茅屋 máo wū
屋面 wū miàn roof屋面 wū miàn
名古屋 Míng gǔ wū Nagoya, city in Japan名古屋 Míng gǔ wū
屋脊 wū jǐ roof ridge屋脊 wū jǐ
咖啡屋 kā fēi wū café咖啡屋 kā fēi wū
堂屋 táng wū central room of a traditional Chinese house堂屋 táng wū
同屋 tóng wū roommate同屋 tóng wū
爱屋及乌 aì wū jí wū Love me, love my dog.愛屋及烏
鬼屋 guǐ wū haunted house鬼屋 guǐ wū
草屋 cǎo wū thatched hut草屋 cǎo wū
屋宇 wū yǔ building屋宇 wū yǔ

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Decomposition

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