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住宅 zhùzhái

住宅 zhùzhái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 住宅 zhùzhái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhùzhái | zhu4 zhai2
English translation
residence
tenement

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Traditional form

住宅 zhùzhái

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 住宅 zhùzhái

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zhù

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and zhǔ represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

亻主

Number of Strokes

7
zhái

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and tuō represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

tuō

Semantic compound

gài

Positional decomposition

宀乇

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 住宅 zhùzhái

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zhè shì 我家住宅 zhùzhái de 照片 zhàopiàn , zhái qián shì zhū 大树 Dà shù .

This is a photograph of our house, with a big tree in the foreground.

dǒng 住宅 zhùzhái 建筑 jiànzhù 应该 yīnggāi shì shá 样子 yàngzi , 你懂.

You understand what domestic architecture ought to be, you do.

Xīn 住宅区 zhù zhái qū jǐn āi 高速公路 gāosùgōnglù .

New uptown is nearby the high way.

xiǎo wān 对岸 duì àn ,沿着 yán zhe 河边 hé biān , Dōng luǎn 豪华 háohuá 住宅区 zhù zhái qū de 洁白 jié bái de 宫殿式 de 大厦 dàshà 闪烁着光彩 guāngcǎi .

Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water.

碰巧 pèng qiǎo yǒu tiān ,安东尼奥跟着 gēn zhe 爷爷 yéye 一起 yīqǐ 来到 lái dào 伯爵 bó jué de 豪华 háohuá 住宅 zhùzhái .

It happened one day that Antonio went with his grandfather to the Count's great house.

住宅 zhùzhái Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 住宅 zhùzhái and their own compounds.

住宅 zhùzhái Compounds

See all 9 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 住宅 zhùzhái in their composition.

  • zhù
    • zhái
      • chà , zhà , chà , chá , chà , zhā , , , chà
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