zhù zhái
résidence
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我住在市中心的住宅区。
wǒ zhù zài shì zhōng xīn de zhù zhái qū.
I live in a residential area in the city center.
这个住宅小区的环境很好。
zhè ge zhù zhái xiǎo qū de huán jìng hěn hǎo.
The environment of this residential community is very good.
我们小区的住宅楼都很高。
wǒ men xiǎo qū de zhù zhái lóu dōu hěn gāo.
The residential buildings in our community are all very tall.
房屋 (fáng wū)
house
居所 (jū suǒ)
dwelling
公寓 (gōngyù)
apartment
别墅 (biéshù)
villa
The Chinese word 住宅 (zhùzhái) for "housing" or "residential building" is composed of two characters: 住 (zhù), meaning "to live" or "to reside," and 宅 (zhái), meaning "house" or "dwelling." The character 住 is a pictograph depicting a person under a roof, representing the concept of living or residing in a sheltered space. The character 宅, on the other hand, is a combination of two components: the radical 土 (tǔ), meaning "earth" or "land," and the phonetic component 宅 (zhái), which adds the pronunciation and further specifies the meaning of the character. Together, the two characters 住 and 宅 form the compound word 住宅, which specifically refers to a place of residence or a residential building.
