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局

jú

HSK 4 Character Traditional 侷

What 局 means

1. narrow

Other readings

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

• júoffice; situation; classifier for games: match, set, round etc
• júcramped; narrow

Example sentences

• 爱是骗局。
  ài shì piànjú.
  Love is a trick.
• 当局者迷。
  You can't see the forest behind the trees.
• 别去邮局。
  Don't go to the post office.
• 三振出局！
  Strike three!
• 世事如棋局。
  Shìshì rú qíjú.
  Life is like a game of chess.
• 要有大局观。
  We should judge matters on a broader basis.

Words starting with 局

• 局面jú miànaspect; phase; situation
• 局势jú shìsituation; state (of affairs)
• 局部jú bùpart; local
• 局限jú xiànto limit; to confine; to restrict sth within set boundaries
• 局长jú zhǎngbureau chief
• 局限性jú xiàn xìnglimitations; (medicine) localized
• 局域网jú yù wǎnglocal area network (LAN)
• 局促jú cùcramped; ill at ease
• 局促不安jú cù bù ānill at ease; uncomfortable
• 局地jú dìlocal; locally
• 局外jú wàioutside (a group etc); not connected (with an event etc); external
• 局子jú zipolice station
• 局级jú jí(administrative) bureau-level
• 局中人jú zhōng rénparticipant; protagonist; a player (in this affair)
• 局部性jú bù xìnglocal
• 局限于jú xiàn yúto be limited to
• 局外中立jú wài zhōng lìneutralism
• 局部作用域jú bù zuò yòng yù(computing) local scope
• 局麻jú málocal anesthesia (abbr. for 局部麻醉
• 局麻药jú má yàolocal anesthetic
• 局部麻醉jú bù má zuìlocal anesthesia
• 局部麻醉剂jú bù má zuì jìlocal anesthetic
• 局灶性jú zào xìng(medicine) focal; localized
• 局促一隅jú cù yī yúto be cramped in a corner (idiom)

Words containing 局

• 邮局yóu júpost office
• 结局jié júconclusion; ending; outcome
• 公安局gōng ān júpublic security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station)
• 布局bù júarrangement; composition; layout
• 格局gé jústructure; pattern; layout
• 全局quán júoverall situation
• 当局dāng júauthorities
• 分局fēn júbranch office; sub-bureau
• 警察局jǐng chá júpolice station; police department; police headquarters
• 骗局piàn júa swindle; a trap; a racket
• 大局dà júoverall situation; the big picture
• 总局zǒng júhead office; general office; central office
• 邮政局yóu zhèng júpost office
• 政治局zhèng zhì júpolitburo
• 出局chū jú(of a batter) to be put out (in baseball); to be dismissed (in cricket)…
• 僵局jiāng júimpasse; deadlock
• 税务局Shuì wù júTax Bureau; Inland Revenue Department (Hong Kong)
• 移民局yí mín júimmigration office
• 书局shū júbookstore; publishing house
• 时局shí júcurrent political situation
• 政局zhèng júpolitical situation
• 饭局fàn júdinner party; banquet
• 联邦调查局Lián bāng Diào chá júFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• 卫生局wèi shēng júhealth office; bureau of hygiene

Characters that look like 局

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

• 周zhōuto make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 层céngto pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 吴Wúsurname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai…
• 屉tìdrawer; tier; tray

Sounds the same

Read jú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 菊(bound form) chrysanthemum
• 橘mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 焗(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot; to steam; to bake
• 鵙a shrike
• 椈Fagus sylvatica
• 輂horse carriage (old)
• 郹place name
• 挶structure for carrying dirt
• 锔curium (chemistry)
• 桔variant of 橘
• 䴗variant of 鵙