HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Places

小区 xiǎoqū “residential estate” in Chinese

Traditional 小區

What 小区 means

  1. residential estate
  2. housing complex
  3. housing estate
  4. community
  5. neighbourhood
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (telecommunications) cell

How to say 小区

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale小xiǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale区qū1st tone, high and level

小区 in a sentence

  1. 他跟我不住在一个小区。

    Tā gēn wǒ bú zhù zài yí ge xiǎoqū.

    He and I don’t live in the same housing estate.

    Sentence #1517752 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 整个小区对这个消息很惊讶。

    Zhěnggè xiǎoqū duì zhè ge xiāoxi hěn jīngyà.

    The whole estate was surprised by the news.

    Sentence #336694 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 小区安全吗？夜晚有照明设施吗？

    Xiǎoqū ānquán ma? Yèwǎn yǒu zhàomíng shèshī ma?

    Is the neighbourhood safe? Is there lighting at night?

    Sentence #420390 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 小区 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 小 (xiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
小xiǎosmall
  • 亅hook · jué
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidThree small strokes, like grains: small.

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 小区

小 3 strokes · 区 4 strokes

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

Words related to 小区

Words with 小

小xiǎo · small小姐xiǎojiě · miss小学xiǎoxué · elementary school小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student小朋友xiǎopéngyǒu · child小时xiǎoshí · hour从小cóngxiǎo · from childhood小孩儿xiǎoháir · child小时候xiǎoshíhou · in one’s childhood小心xiǎoxīn · be careful

Words with 区

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社区shèqū · community

More words: Places & Getting Around

楼梯lóutī · stairs路边lùbiān · roadside路口lùkǒu · intersection东北dōngběi · northeast西南xīnán · southwest西北xīběi · northwest体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium外地wàidì · another part of the country

FAQs

小区 (xiǎoqū) means “residential estate” or “housing complex”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it xiǎoqū: xiǎo with a 3rd 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, 小区 is written 小區. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiaoqu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 小区 from the suggestions. Typing xiaoqu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
小区 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 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.