屋
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(bound form) house; (bound form) room
Formation & memory
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Words with 屋
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉 | lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb); fig. be diligent in your… | |
| 房前屋后 | (idiom) the area around one's house | |
| 黄金屋 | lit. house made of gold; fig. luxurious residence | |
| 活动房屋 | prefabricated building; prefab; mobile home; caravan; trailer | |
| 名古屋 | Nagoya, city in Japan | |
| 屋面瓦 | room tiles | |
| 屋子 | house; room; CL:間|间[jian1] | |
| 小屋 | cabin; lodge; cottage; chalet; hut; shed | |
| 发屋 | barbershop | |
| 公屋 | (HK) public housing estate | |
| 屋面 | roof | |
| 爱屋及鸟 | see 愛屋及烏|爱屋及乌[ai4 wu1 ji2 wu1] | |
| 屋外 | outdoors; outside | |
| 居酒屋 | izakaya (a kind of traditional Japanese pub) | |
| 重屋 | lit. multiple roof; building of several stories | |
| 次级房屋信贷危机 | subprime mortgage crisis | |
| 爱屋及乌 | lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected; Love… | |
| 房屋中介 | housing agent; real estate agent | |
| 同屋 | roommate; to share a room | |
| 草屋 | thatched hut |
Sound family
These characters use 屋 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屋 sound part | building, house, shelter; room | |
| 握 | to grasp, to hold, to take by the hand | |
| 龌 | narrow, small-minded; dirty (1) | |
| 渥 | to enrich, to dye; to moisten, to soak | |
| 喔 | onomatopoetic, the sound of crowing or crying |