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屋

wū

HSK 5 Character

What 屋 means

1. bound formhouse
2. bound formroom

Example sentences

• 爱屋及乌。
  Love me, love my dog.
• 屋里有人吗？
  Is there anyone in the room?
• 你有屋子吗？
  Do you have a house?
• 我们进屋吧。
  Let's go indoors.
• 屋子物美价廉。
  The house looked good; moreover, the price was right.
• 屋里挤满了人。
  The room is full of people.

Words starting with 屋

• 屋子wū zihouse; room
• 屋顶wū dǐngroof
• 屋檐wū yáneaves; roof (i.e. home)
• 屋外wū wàioutdoors; outside
• 屋脊wū jǐroof ridge
• 屋企wū qǐ(Cantonese) home; family (Mandarin equivalent: 家
• 屋架wū jiàa building; the frame of a building; roof beam
• 屋面wū miànroof
• 屋面瓦wū miàn wǎroom tiles
• 屋宇wū yǔ(literary) house; building
• 屋漏更遭连夜雨wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔwhen it rains, it pours (idiom)
• 屋漏偏逢连夜雨wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔwhen it rains, it pours (idiom)

Words containing 屋

• 房屋fáng wūhouse; building
• 小屋xiǎo wūcabin; lodge; cottage
• 堂屋táng wūcentral room of a traditional Chinese house
• 咖啡屋kā fēi wūcoffee house; café
• 同屋tóng wūroommate; to share a room
• 茅屋máo wūthatched cottage
• 名古屋Míng gǔ wūNagoya, city in Japan
• 草屋cǎo wūthatched hut
• 公屋gōng wū(Hong Kong) public housing estate
• 冰屋bīng wūigloo
• 排屋pái wūrow house; townhouse; terrace house
• 组屋zǔ wūHDB flats; public apartment flats (in Singapore and Malaysia)
• 华屋huá wūmagnificent residence; splendid house
• 重屋chóng wūlit. multiple roof; building of several stories
• 发屋fà wūbarbershop
• 出租屋chū zū wūrental unit; apartment
• 居酒屋jū jiǔ wūizakaya (a kind of traditional Japanese pub)
• 那古屋Nà gǔ wūNagoya, city in Japan (old spelling)
• 爱屋及乌ài wū jí wūlit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected…
• 房屋中介fáng wū zhōng jièhousing agent; real estate agent
• 活动房屋huó dòng fáng wūprefabricated building; prefab; mobile home
• 建屋互助会jiàn wū hù zhù huìbuilding society (finance)
• 树屋shù wūtree house
• 黄金屋huáng jīn wūlit. house made of gold; fig. luxurious residence

Characters that look like 屋

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

• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 厘líone hundredth; centi-
• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 彦yànaccomplished; elegant

Sounds the same

Read wū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 污dirty; filthy; foul
• 乌crow; black
• 於(literary) Oh!; Ah!
• 诬to accuse falsely
• 呜(onomatopoeia) for humming or whimpering
• 巫witch; wizard; shaman
• 钨tungsten (chemistry)
• 洿dig (a pond); stagnant water
• 圬to plaster; whitewash
• 杇to plaster; whitewash
• 邬surname Wu; ancient place name