HSK 3.0 Level 4 · Places

区 qū “district” in Chinese

Traditional 區

What 区 means

  1. district
  2. area
  3. region
  4. small
  5. distinguish

Measure word 个 gè · 一个区 yí ge qū

How to say 区

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

区 in a sentence

  1. 儿童区在哪里？

    Értóng qū zài nǎlǐ?

    Where’s the children’s section?

    Sentence #13941582 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我想坐在无烟区。

    Wǒ xiǎng zuò zài wúyān qū.

    I’d like to sit in the non-smoking section.

    Sentence #333040 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我出生在宝山区。

    Wǒ chūshēng zài Bǎoshān Qū.

    I was born in Baoshan District.

    Sentence #10024452 from Tatoeba

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

How to write 区

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.

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

Words related to 区

Words with 区

小区xiǎoqū · residential estate郊区jiāoqū · suburban 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

区 (qū) means “district” or “area”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it qū: 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, 区 is written 區. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one district is 一个区 (yí ge qū).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 区 from the suggestions. Typing qu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
区 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older 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.