HSK 6 · Society

社区 shèqū “community” in Chinese

Traditional 社區

What 社区 means

  1. community
  2. neighbourhood

How to say 社区

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale社shè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale区qū1st tone, high and level

社区 in a sentence

  1. 新的社区中心在昨天隆重落成。

    Xīn de shèqū zhōngxīn zài zuótiān lóngzhòng luòchéng.

    The new community centre was officially opened yesterday with great ceremony.

    Sentence #13893631 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 上周的暴风雨损坏了我们社区的许多树木。

    Shàngzhōu de bàofēngyǔ sǔnhuài le wǒmen shèqū de xǔduō shùmù.

    Last week’s storm damaged many trees in our community.

    Sentence #13556610 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 社区 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 社 (shè) with each of its parts in a different colour
社shèsociety; organisation; agency
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shì
  • 土earth · tǔ
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 社区

社 7 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.

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

Words related to 社区

Words with 社

社会shèhuì · society报社bàoshè · newspaper office

Words with 区

小区xiǎoqū · residential estate区qū · district郊区jiāoqū · suburban district区别qūbié · difference地区dìqū · region区域qūyù · area区分qūfēn · to distinguish

More words: Society & Law

生效shēngxiào · to take effect盛行shèngxíng · to be popular审理shěnlǐ · to hear (a case)审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)释放shìfàng · to release事故shìgù · accident势力shìli · power示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration

FAQs

社区 (shèqū) means “community” or “neighbourhood”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shèqū: shè with a 4th 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, 社区 is written 社區. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shequ with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 社区 from the suggestions. Typing shequ into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
社区 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.