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寓

yù

HSK 5 Character

What 寓 means

1. bound formto reside; to inhabit
2. bound formresidence; dwelling
3. bound formto imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)

Other readings

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

• yùvariant of {寓|yù}

Example sentences

• 我们租了公寓。
  We rented an apartment.
• 公寓有花园吗？
  Does the apartment have a garden?
• 我的公寓在四楼。
  My apartment is on the fourth floor.
• 我正忙着找公寓。
  I'm busy looking for an apartment.
• 我们出租了公寓。
  We rented an apartment.
• 我住在一间公寓里。
  I live in an apartment.

Words starting with 寓

• 寓言yù yánfable; allegory; parable
• 寓意yù yìmoral (of a story); lesson to be learned; implication
• 寓所yù suǒdwelling
• 寓教于乐yù jiào yú lèto make learning fun; to combine education and entertainment
• 寓居yù jūto make one's home in; to reside in; to inhabit
• 寓目yù mù(literary) to look over; to view
• 寓意深远yù yì shēn yuǎnthe implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications
• 寓意深长yù yì shēn chángto have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant
• 寓管理于服务之中yù guǎn lǐ yú fú wù zhī zhōngto make administration service-oriented

Words containing 寓

• 公寓gōng yùapartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc)
• 公寓楼gōng yù lóuapartment building
• 伊索寓言Yī suǒ Yù yánAesop's Fables, a collection of fables attributed to Aesop
• 步登公寓bù dēng gōng yù(Taiwan) walk-up apartment (postwar building style with stair access and no elevator)
• 公寓大楼gōng yù dà lóuapartment building

Characters built on 禺

These share the phonetic component 禺 (yú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 遇yù(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 愚yúto be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
• 隅yúcorner

Characters that look like 寓

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

• 富fùrich; abundant; wealthy
• 窝wōnest; pit or hollow on the human body; lair
• 寞mòlonesome
• 窜cuànto flee; to scuttle; to exile or banish
• 嵩sōng(literary) (of mountains) lofty
• 菖chāngsee 菖蒲

Sounds the same

Read yù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 育to have children; to raise or bring up; to educate
• 遇(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 预to advance; in advance; beforehand
• 域field; region; area
• 欲desire; appetite; passion
• 玉jade
• 豫happy; carefree; at one's ease
• 浴bath; to bathe
• 吁to implore
• 狱prison
• 誉to praise; to acclaim; reputation
• 熨reconciled; smooth