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宅

zhái

HSK 6 Character

What 宅 means

1. residence
2. colloquialto stay in at home
3. to hang around at home

Example sentences

• 他住在大宅邸里。
  He lived in a big mansion.
• 住宅围栏应该多高？
  How high should a home fence be?
• 汤姆的住宅有一个不错的花园。
  Tāngmǔ de zhùzhái yǒu yī gè bù cuò de huāyuán.
  Tom's house has a nice garden.
• 跟我们的房子比，你的就是个豪宅。
  Gēn wǒmen de fángzi bǐ, nǐ de jiùshì gè háozhái.
  Compared to our house, yours is a mansion.
• 在永恒的宅邸拉莱耶，长眠的克苏鲁候汝入梦。
  In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.
• 今年，爱丁堡城市为了改变它的水边地并给它增加中的人口供应一种新型的住宅区而开始十五年的重建工作。
  Jīnnián, àidīngbǎo chéngshì wèile gǎibiàn tā de shuǐbiān de bìng gěi tā zēngjiā zhōng de rénkǒu gōngyìng yīzhǒng xīnxíng de zhùzháiqū ér kāishǐ shíwǔ nián de chóngjiàn gōngzuò.
  This year, Edinburgh began work on its fifteen-year regeneration project to transform its waterfront and provide a new kind of living area for its growing population.

Words starting with 宅

• 宅院zhái yuànhouse; house with a courtyard
• 宅子zhái zihouse; residence
• 宅第zhái dìresidence; mansion
• 宅女zhái nǚfemale geek; female nerd; otaku girl
• 宅男zhái nána guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online…
• 宅经Zhái jīngThe Yellow Emperor's Classic on the Feng Shui of Dwellings
• 宅舍zhái shèhouse; residence
• 宅配zhái pèidelivery service, primarily C2C and B2C (Tw)
• 宅度假zhái dù jiàstaycation; residential vacation
• 宅邸zhái dǐresidence of a high-ranking official

Words containing 宅

• 住宅zhù zháiresidence; dwelling; abode
• 豪宅háo zháiluxury home; mansion
• 住宅区zhù zhái qūresidential area; housing development
• 民宅mín zháiprivate residence; civilian dwelling
• 住宅楼zhù zhái lóuresidential building
• 古宅gǔ zháiformer residence
• 家宅jiā zháihome; residence; house
• 居宅jū zháidwelling
• 故宅gù zháiformer home
• 死宅sǐ zháidie-hard otaku…
• 祖宅zǔ zháiancestral house
• 私宅sī zháiprivate residence
• 旧宅jiù zháiformer residence
• 阿宅ā zháihomebody; geek; nerd; otaku
• 阴宅yīn zhái(feng shui term) tomb
• 卜宅bǔ zháito choose a capital by divination; to choose a home…
• 浮家泛宅fú jiā fàn zháilit. to live on a boat; to drift from place to place (idiom)
• 凶宅xiōng zháiinauspicious abode; haunted house
• 御宅族yù zhái zúotaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and…
• 住宅泡沫zhù zhái pào mòhousing bubble

Characters that look like 宅

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

• 完wánto finish; to be over; whole
• 观guānto look at; to watch; to observe
• 龟guītortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 宋Sòngsurname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋
• 皂zàosoap; black
• 甫fǔ(classical) barely; just; just now

Sounds the same

Read zhái, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 翟surname Zhai