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区

qū

HSK 4 Character Traditional 區 Measure word 个

What 区 means

1. area
2. region
3. district
4. small
5. distinguish

Other readings

区 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Ōusurname Ou

Example sentences

• 我住在这区。
  I live in this place.
• 社区是安静的。
  Shèqū shì ānjìng de.
  The neighborhood was silent.
• 载我们到市区。
  Zài wǒmen dào shìqū.
  Give us a ride downtown.
• 我在山区长大。
  Wǒ zài shānqū zhǎngdà.
  I grew up in the mountains.
• 那一带是禁区。
  Nà yīdài shì jìnqū.
  That area's off-limits.
• 我们住在郊区。
  We live in the suburbs.

Words starting with 区

• 区别qū biédifference; to distinguish; to discriminate
• 区域qū yùarea; region; district
• 区分qū fēnto differentiate; to draw a distinction; to divide into categories
• 区区qū qūinsignificant; trifling; merely
• 区间qū jiāndelimited area; defined section of a train or bus route; numerical range
• 区长qū zhǎngdistrict chief
• 区位qū wèigeographical location; (computing) row-cell (i.e. the row 区
• 区域性qū yù xìngregional
• 区议会qū yì huìdistrict council
• 区处qū chù(literary) dwelling; residence; (Taiwan) regional office of a company
• 区区小事qū qū xiǎo shìtrivial matter; trifle
• 区号qū hàoarea code
• 区间车qū jiān chētrain or bus traveling only part of its normal route
• 区划qū huàsubdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
• 区域网路qū yù wǎng lùlocal area network; LAN
• 区域网络qū yù wǎng luòlocal area network; LAN
• 区分大小写qū fēn dà xiǎo xiěcase sensitive; distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
• 区码qū mǎarea code; telephone dialing code
• 区域码qū yù mǎregion code (DVD)
• 区字框qū zì kuàngradical 匚
• 区块qū kuàiblock; segment; section; sector; area
• 区块链qū kuài liàn(computing) blockchain
• 区画qū huàsubdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
• 区隔qū géto mark off; interval; segment (e.g. of market)

Words containing 区

• 地区dì qūregion; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture…
• 社区shè qūcommunity; neighborhood
• 小区xiǎo qūhousing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell
• 市区shì qūurban district; downtown; city center
• 山区shān qūmountain area
• 景区jǐng qūscenic area
• 自治区zì zhì qūautonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with…
• 朝阳区Cháo yáng QūChaoyang, an inner district of Beijing; Chaoyang, a district of Changchun City 长春市…
• 专区zhuān qūarea established for a designated purpose…
• 校区xiào qūcampus
• 海淀区Hǎi diàn QūHaidian, a district of Beijing
• 误区wù qūmistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways
• 特区tè qūspecial administrative region; abbr. for 特别行政区
• 西城区Xī chéng QūXicheng, a district of central Beijing
• 东城区Dōng chéng QūDongcheng, a district of central Beijing
• 开发区kāi fā qūdevelopment zone
• 禁区jìn qūrestricted area; forbidden zone; off-limits area
• 分区fēn qūallocated area (for housing, industry etc); district
• 街区jiē qūblock; neighborhood
• 辖区xiá qūadministrative region
• 园区yuán qūsite developed for a group of related enterprises; (industrial or technology) park
• 灾区zāi qūdisaster area; stricken region
• 郊区jiāo qūsuburban district; outskirts; suburbs
• 西区Xī QūXi District or Xiqu, a district of Panzhihua City 攀枝花市

Characters that look like 区

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 巨jùvery large; huge; tremendous; gigantic; (colloquial) very; extremely
• 凤fèngphoenix
• 尻kāo(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum
• 叵pǒnot; thereupon

Sounds the same

Read qū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 趋to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast
• 屈bent; to feel wronged
• 驱to expel; to urge on; to drive
• 曲bent; crooked; wrong
• 躯human body
• 岖used in 崎岖
• 祛sacrifice to drive away calamity; to dispel; to drive away
• 蛆maggot
• 蛐used in 蛐蛐; used in 蛐蟮
• 呿to yawn
• 袪sleeve opening
• 黢black; dark