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zhái Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhái | zhai2
English translation
residence
(coll.) to stay in at home
to hang around at home
residence, dwelling, home; grave

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About zhái

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

zhái

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

roof

Etymology of zhái

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

宀乇

Semantic compound

gài

Phonetic compound

tuō

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using zhái

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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.

Words with zhái

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
住宅 zhùzhái residence住宅 zhùzhái
zhái residence zhái
住宅区 zhù zhái qū residential area住宅區
民宅 mín zhái house民宅 mín zhái
宅子 zhái zi house宅子 zhái zi
宅院 zhái yuàn house宅院 zhái yuàn
家宅 jiā zhái home家宅 jiā zhái
凶宅 xiōng zhái haunted house兇宅
住宅楼 zhù zhái lóu residential building住宅樓
宅第 zhái dì residence宅第 zhái dì
旧宅 jiù zhái former residence舊宅
阴宅 yīn zhái tomb (feng shui term)陰宅
故宅 gù zhái former home故宅 gù zhái
宅舍 zhái shè house宅舍 zhái shè
浮家泛宅 fú jiā fàn zhái lit. to live on a boat浮家泛宅 fú jiā fàn zhái

zhái Decomposition & Compounds

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zhái Decomposition

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zhái Compounds

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