HSK 5 · Places

公寓 gōngyù “apartment building” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公寓 means

  1. apartment building
  2. block of flats
  3. block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc)

How to say 公寓

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale公gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale寓yù4th tone, falling

公寓 in a sentence

  1. 我们租了公寓。

    Wǒmen zū le gōngyù.

    We rented the flat.

    Sentence #10230453 from Tatoeba

  2. 我住的公寓距离车站步行不到五分钟。

    Wǒ zhù de gōngyù jùlí chēzhàn bùxíng búdào wǔ fēnzhōng.

    My flat is less than a five-minute walk from the station.

    Sentence #596692 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我请了一位中国朋友来我的公寓。

    Wǒ qǐng le yí wèi Zhōngguó péngyou lái wǒ de gōngyù.

    I invited a Chinese friend over to my flat.

    Sentence #3628009 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 公寓 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 公 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
公gōngpublic
  • 八eight · bā
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidAn old explanation: share out 八 what is private 厶, and it becomes public.

The character 寓 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
寓yùto reside; to inhabit
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 禺district · yúSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 禺 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

How to write 公寓

公 4 strokes · 寓 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 公寓

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park办公室bàngōngshì · office公里gōnglǐ · kilometre高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)

Words with 寓

寓言yùyán · fable

More words: Places & Geography

地区dìqū · region电台diàntái · radio station隔壁gébì · next door工厂gōngchǎng · factory广场guǎngchǎng · public square胡同hútòng · lane家乡jiāxiāng · hometown建筑jiànzhù · to construct

FAQs

公寓 (gōngyù) means “apartment building” or “block of flats”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gōngyù: gōng with a 1st tone, then yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 公寓 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公寓 from the suggestions. Typing gongyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公寓 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.