HSK 6 · Places

住宅 zhùzhái “residence” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 住宅 means

  1. residence
  2. house
  3. dwelling
  4. abode

How to say 住宅

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale住zhù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale宅zhái2nd tone, rising

住宅 in a sentence

  1. 住宅围栏应该多高？

    Zhùzhái wéilán yīnggāi duō gāo?

    How high should a house fence be?

    Sentence #13671103 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 汤姆的住宅有一个不错的花园。

    Tāngmǔ de zhùzhái yǒu yí ge búcuò de huāyuán.

    Tom’s house has a nice garden.

    Sentence #4308988 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 住宅 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 住 (zhù) with each of its parts in a different colour
住zhùto live; to reside; to stay
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 主to own · zhǔ

Memory aidA person 亻 staying where the host 主 lives: to live, to stay. 主 (zhǔ) also gives the sound.

The character 宅 (zhái) with each of its parts in a different colour
宅zháiresidence
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 乇to depend on · zhéSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 乇 (zhé) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhái.

How to write 住宅

住 7 strokes · 宅 6 strokes

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

Words related to 住宅

Words with 住

住zhù · to live住院zhùyuàn · to be in hospital忍不住rěnbuzhù · cannot help居住jūzhù · to live (in a place)

More words: Places & Geography

车库chēkù · garage当地dāngdì · local园林yuánlín · gardens中央zhōngyāng · centre州zhōu · state周边zhōubiān · surrounding走廊zǒuláng · corridor祖国zǔguó · homeland

FAQs

住宅 (zhùzhái) means “residence” or “house”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhùzhái: zhù with a 4th tone, then zhái with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 住宅 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhuzhai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 住宅 from the suggestions. Typing zhuzhai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
住宅 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.