HSK 6 · Places

别墅 biéshù “villa” in Chinese

Traditional 別墅

What 别墅 means

  1. villa

Measure word 幢 zhuàng or 座 zuò · 一幢别墅 yí zhuàng biéshù

How to say 别墅

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale别bié2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale墅shù4th tone, falling

别墅 in a sentence

  1. 这栋别墅的主人是谁？

    Zhè dòng biéshù de zhǔrén shì shéi?

    Who owns this villa?

    Sentence #700961 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 别墅 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 别 (bié) with each of its parts in a different colour
别biéto leave; to part
  • 另another · lìng
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāo

Memory aidA knife 刂 cutting things apart: to separate. As a command, 别 means “don't”.

The character 墅 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
墅shùvilla
  • 野field · yěMeaning part
  • 土earth · tǔSound part

野 hints at the meaning (field); 土 (tǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with shù.

How to write 别墅

别 7 strokes · 墅 14 strokes

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

Words related to 别墅

Words with 别

别bié · don’t别人biéren · other people特别tèbié · special别的biéde · other区别qūbié · difference性别xìngbié · gender分别fēnbié · to part告别gàobié · to say goodbye个别gèbié · individual鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish

More words: Places & Geography

边疆biānjiāng · border region边界biānjiè · border边境biānjìng · border area边缘biānyuán · edge仓库cāngkù · warehouse岔chà · fork (in a road)场所chǎngsuǒ · place城堡chéngbǎo · castle

FAQs

别墅 (biéshù) means “villa”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biéshù: bié with a 2nd tone, then shù 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, 别墅 is written 別墅. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 幢 (zhuàng) or 座 (zuò). For example, one villa is 一幢别墅 (yí zhuàng biéshù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bieshu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 别墅 from the suggestions. Typing bieshu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
别墅 is an HSK 6 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.