HSK 6 · Places

区域 qūyù “area” in Chinese

Traditional 區域

What 区域 means

  1. area
  2. region
  3. district

How to say 区域

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale区qū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale域yù4th tone, falling

区域 in a sentence

  1. 这个区域有很多商店。

    Zhè ge qūyù yǒu hěn duō shāngdiàn.

    There are lots of shops in this area.

    Sentence #900227 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这片区域很少下雪。

    Zhè piàn qūyù hěn shǎo xiàxuě.

    It rarely snows in this area.

    Sentence #5091706 from Tatoeba

  3. 援救人员为了找到孩子，仔细搜索了那个区域。

    Yuánjiù rényuán wèile zhǎodào háizi, zǐxì sōusuǒ le nà ge qūyù.

    The rescuers searched the area carefully to find the child.

    Sentence #333292 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 区域 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
The character 域 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
域yùfield
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part
  • 或or · huòSound part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 或 (huò) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

How to write 区域

区 4 strokes · 域 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 区域

Words with 区

小区xiǎoqū · residential estate区qū · district郊区jiāoqū · suburban district区别qūbié · difference地区dìqū · region区分qūfēn · to distinguish社区shèqū · community

Words with 域

领域lǐngyù · domain

More words: Places & Geography

偏僻piānpì · remote平原píngyuán · plain坡pō · slope丘陵qiūlíng · hills上游shàngyóu · upper reaches (of a river)山脉shānmài · mountain range省会shěnghuì · provincial capital寺庙sìmiào · temple

FAQs

区域 (qūyù) means “area” or “region”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qūyù: qū 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 区域 is written 區域. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 区域 from the suggestions. Typing quyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
区域 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.