HSK 5 · Sport

俱乐部 jùlèbù “club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)” in Chinese

Traditional 俱樂部

What 俱乐部 means

  1. club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)
  2. (loanword) club (the organisation or its premises)

How to say 俱乐部

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale俱jù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale乐lè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale部bù4th tone, falling

俱乐部 in a sentence

  1. 我是网球俱乐部的会员。

    Wǒ shì wǎngqiú jùlèbù de huìyuán.

    I’m a member of a tennis club.

    Sentence #332450 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我参加了一个游泳俱乐部。

    Wǒ cānjiā le yí ge yóuyǒng jùlèbù.

    I joined a swimming club.

    Sentence #9415427 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我偶尔会在俱乐部碰到他。

    Wǒ ǒu'ěr huì zài jùlèbù pèngdào tā.

    I sometimes run into him at the club.

    Sentence #462084 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 俱乐部 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 俱 (jù) with each of its parts in a different colour
俱jùall; both; entirely; without exception
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 具tool · jùSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 具 (jù) hints at the sound. Compare it with jù.

The character 乐 (yuè) drawn as one shape
乐lèhappy

乐 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidTraditionally explained as 樂, a musical instrument on a wooden stand 木: music, and the joy it brings.

The character 部 (bù) with each of its parts in a different colour
部bùministry
  • 咅to spit out · pǒuSound part
  • 阝placeMeaning part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 咅 (pǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with bù.

How to write 俱乐部

俱 10 strokes · 乐 5 strokes · 部 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

俱乐部 (jùlèbù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 俱乐部 (jùlèbù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 俱乐部

Words with 俱

Words with 乐

Words with 部

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FAQs

俱乐部 (jùlèbù) means “club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)” or “(loanword) club (the organisation or its premises)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jùlèbù: jù with a 4th tone, then lè with a 4th tone, then bù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 俱乐部 is written 俱樂部. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type julebu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 俱乐部 from the suggestions. Typing julebu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
俱乐部 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.