HSK 4 · Places

郊区 jiāoqū “suburban district” in Chinese

Traditional 郊區

What 郊区 means

  1. suburban district
  2. outskirts
  3. suburbs

How to say 郊区

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale郊jiāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale区qū1st tone, high and level

郊区 in a sentence

  1. 我们住在郊区。

    Wǒmen zhù zài jiāoqū.

    We live in the suburbs.

    Sentence #8829214 from Tatoeba

  2. 要住在郊区的话，汽车是必需的。

    Yào zhù zài jiāoqū dehuà, qìchē shì bìxū de.

    If you live in the suburbs, a car is a must.

    Sentence #4267343 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她年轻的时候住在东京的郊区。

    Tā niánqīng de shíhou zhù zài Dōngjīng de jiāoqū.

    She lived in the suburbs of Tokyo when she was young.

    Sentence #499547 from Tatoeba

How 郊区 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 郊 (jiāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
郊jiāosuburbs
  • 交to connect · jiāoSound part
  • 阝placeMeaning part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 交 (jiāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiāo.

The character 区 (qū) with each of its parts in a different colour
区qūarea
  • 匸hiding · xì
  • 乂to govern · yì

How to write 郊区

郊 8 strokes · 区 4 strokes

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

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

Words related to 郊区

Words with 区

小区xiǎoqū · residential estate区qū · district区别qūbié · difference地区dìqū · region区域qūyù · area区分qūfēn · to distinguish社区shèqū · community

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FAQs

郊区 (jiāoqū) means “suburban district” or “outskirts”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jiāoqū: jiāo with a 1st tone, then qū with a 1st 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, 郊区 is written 郊區. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 郊区 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
郊区 is an HSK 4 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.