宅 (zaak6 zaak6*2 | zhai2) : house; residence; dwelling

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宅

zaak6 zaak6*2

zhai2

house; residence; dwelling; abode; home

Jyutping zaak6*2 can be optionally used when it appears as last syllable of bisyllabic nouns.

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

宅

Don't confuse with:
它

This word has been viewed 7363 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Sep 2013 14:51

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住宅 zyu6 zaak6*2 zhu4 zhai2 = residence, domicile, house, living quarters

豪宅 hou4 zaak6*2 hao2 zhai2 = mansion, luxury property

住宅單位 zyu6 zaak6*2 daan1 wai6*2 = residential units

查家宅 caa4 gaa1 zaak6 = to be over-inquisitive; make a thorough inquiry into sb

宅男 zaak6 naam4 zhai2 nan2 = shut-in; introvert

住宅區 zyu6 zaak6*2 keoi1 zhu4 zhai2 qu1 = residential area

宅女 zaak6 neoi5*2 zhai2 nv3 = female who stay home a lot; loner

凶宅 hung1 zaak6*2 xiong1 zhai2 = haunted mansion / house

御宅族 jyu6 zaak6*2 zuk6 = otaku

聯邦住宅抵押公司 lyun4 bong1 zyu6 zaak6*2 dai2 aat3 gung1 si1 lian2 bang1 zhu4 zhai2 di3 ya1 gong1 si1 = Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac, FHLMC)
See all 14 compounds (CantoDict reports 17 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 宅

間工廠畀火燒，旁邊嘅住宅都殃及池魚粵
The nearby houses were not spared when the factory caught fire.

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Decimal representation of this word: 宅
Unicode code for this character: U+5b85 (off-site link)

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