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小区

xiǎo qū

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 小區

小区 (xiǎo qū) means "residential compound, housing estate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 小区 means

1. housing estate; community; neighborhood
2. (telecommunications) cell

The characters in 小区

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 区qūarea; region; district

Example sentences

• 他跟我不住在一个小区。
  Tā gēn wǒ bù zhù zài yī gè xiǎoqū.
  He doesn't live in my neighborhood.
• 整个小区对这个消息很惊讶。
  Zhěnggè xiǎoqū duì zhège xiāoxi hěn jīngyà.
  The whole neighborhood was surprised at this news.
• 这里小区的绿地面积有多少？
  What is the size of this district's greenery area?
• 小区安全吗？夜晚有照明设施吗？
  Xiǎoqū ānquán ma? yèwǎn yǒu zhàomíng shèshī ma?
  Is this community safe? Are there lighting installations for the night?
• 他很快便与小区里新来的男孩交上了朋友。
  Tā hěn kuài biàn yǔ xiǎoqū lǐ xīn lái de nánhái jiāo shàng le péngyou.
  He quickly made friends with the new boy on the block.
• 她和小区里大部分妇女不同，因为她会读书写字。
  She was different from most women in the neighborhood, for she was able to read and write.

Words starting with 小区

• 小区广播xiǎo qū guǎng bō(telecommunications) cell broadcast

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