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库

kù

HSK 5 Character Traditional 庫

What 库 means

1. warehouse
2. storehouse
3. (file) library

Example sentences

• 你有车库吗？
  Nǐ yǒu chēkù ma?
  Do you have a garage?
• 车在车库里。
  The car is in the garage.
• 她倒车进车库。
  Tā dǎochē jìn chēkù.
  She backed her car into the garage.
• 他倒车入车库。
  Tā dǎochē rù chēkù.
  He backed his car into the garage.
• 我住在兵库县。
  I live in Hyogo.
• 你会说库德语吗？
  Do you speak Kurdish?

Words starting with 库

• 库存kù cúnproperty or cash held in reserve; stock; inventory
• 库房kù fángstoreroom; warehouse
• 库伦kù lúnenclosed pasture (Mongolian loanword)
• 库德Kù dé(Taiwan) Kurd ethnic group
• 库尔Kù ěrChur (city in Switzerland)
• 库纳kù nàkuna (Croatian currency)
• 库克山Kù kè shānMt Cook on New Zealand South Island, national park and highest peak
• 库拉索Kù lā suǒCuraçao
• 库尔德Kù ěr déKurd; Kurdish
• 库车市Kù chē ShìKuqa, a county-level city in Aksu Prefecture 阿克苏地区
• 库页岛Kù yè DǎoSakhalin
• 库克群岛Kù kè Qún dǎoCook Islands
• 库克船长Kù kè chuán zhǎngCaptain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer
• 库存现金kù cún xiàn jīncash in hand
• 库布里克Kù bù lǐ kèKubrick
• 库德斯坦Kù dé sī tǎn(Taiwan) Kurdistan
• 库尔勒市Kù ěr lè ShìKorla, a county-level city in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州
• 库尔德人Kù ěr dé rénKurdish person or people
• 库尔斯克Kù ěr sī kèKursk (city)
• 库里提巴Kù lǐ tí bāCuritiba (city in Brazil)
• 库尔德斯坦Kù ěr dé sī tǎnKurdistan
• 库鲁病kù lǔ bìngkuru (medicine)
• 库姆Kù mǔQom (holy city in Iran)
• 库尔德工人党Kù ěr dé Gōng rén dǎngKurdistan Worker's Party (PPK)

Words containing 库

• 车库chē kùgarage
• 仓库cāng kùdepot; storehouse; warehouse
• 数据库shù jù kù(computing) database
• 水库shuǐ kùreservoir
• 书库shū kùa store room for books; fig. an erudite person; the Bibliotheca and Epitome of…
• 文库wén kùcollection of documents; library; book series
• 宝库bǎo kùtreasure-house; treasury; treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom)
• 国库guó kùnational treasury
• 四库sì kùthe four book depositories, namely: classics 经, history 史, philosophy 子
• 金库jīn kùtreasury
• 资料库zī liào kù(Taiwan; computing) database
• 小金库xiǎo jīn kùsupplementary cash reserve; private fund; private hoard
• 石库门shí kù mén"shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards…
• 粮库liáng kùgrain depot
• 巴库Bā kùBaku, capital of Azerbaijan
• 府库fǔ kùgovernment treasury
• 机库jī kù(aircraft) hangar
• 武库wǔ kùarsenal; store of arms
• 质库zhì kùpawnshop (old)
• 题库tí kùquestion bank (for examiners creating an exam, or students preparing for an exam)
• 停车库tíng chē kùcar park
• 共享库gòng xiǎng kùshared library (computing)
• 图尔库Tú ěr kùTurku (city in Finland)
• 基因库jī yīn kùgene bank

Characters built on 车

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

• 输shūto lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute
• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 辐fúspoke of a wheel
• 舆yú(literary) chassis of a carriage…
• 毂gūused in 毂辘
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 轱gūused in 轱辘
• 轳lúused in 辘轳

Characters that look like 库

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

• 质zhìcharacter; nature; quality
• 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 底dǐbottom; base; background; foundation; copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a…
• 岸ànbank; shore; beach; coast
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 虏lǔprisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner

Sounds the same

Read kù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 裤underpants; trousers; pants
• 酷ruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool
• 喾one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏
• 绔variant of 裤