住房
HSK 2 (2021)
住房 (zhùfáng) · housing
住房 (zhùfáng) means “housing”. It is written with 2 characters: 住 (to live) + 房 (building). It is an HSK 2 word in the 2021 standard.
How 住房 is built
The characters
住 zhù · to live
What 住 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 主zhǔ — to own
- 丶 — dot
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
房 fáng · building
What 房 is made of
- 户hù — door
- 丶 — dot
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 方fāng — square
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 户 gives the meaning, 方 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这里的住房很贵。Zhèlǐ de zhùfáng hěn guì.Housing here is expensive.
你的住房问题好了吗？Nǐ de zhùfáng wèntí hǎo le ma?Has your housing problem been solved?
Questions about 住房
What does 住房 mean?
住房 (zhùfáng) means “housing”.
How do you pronounce 住房?
住房 is pronounced zhùfáng.
Which HSK level is 住房?
住房 is in HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 记住jìzhuto remember
- 站住zhànzhùto stop
- 住院zhùyuànto be in hospital
- 抓住zhuāzhùto catch hold of
- 居住jūzhùto live
- 忍不住rěnbuzhùcan't help (doing)
- 住宅zhùzháiresidence
- 入住rùzhùto check in, at a hotel
- 住zhùto live
- 房间fángjiānroom
Learn 住房 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 45: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.