屋 (uk1 | wu1) : house

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屋

uk1

wu1

[n] house; room; building; shelter

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 尸 (#44)

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

屋

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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屋企 uk1 kei5*2 = house, home 粵

吉屋 gat1 uk1 = vacant house

搬屋 bun1 uk1 = move house 粵

返屋企 faan1 uk1 kei5*2 fan3 wu1 qi3 = return home; go home 粵

屋簷 uk1 sim4 wu1 yan2 = eaves

冰屋 bing1 uk1 = igloo

屋子 uk1 zi2 wu1 zi5 = house

房屋 fong4 uk1 fang2 wu1 = house; housing; building

屋企人 uk1 kei5*2 jan4 = family; member of family 粵

屋邨 uk1 cyun1 = housing estate
See all 86 compounds (CantoDict reports 87 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 27 examples containing 屋

我返屋企粵
I'm going home.

我係今日返屋企嘅粵
I'm going home today.
[the "today" is emphasized by the use of 係 in front of it, and the use of the final particle 嘅. Pronouncing 嘅 as ge2 would add a sense of puzzlement about the situation.]

佢返咗屋企嘞粵
He went home.
[The final particle 嘞 here indicates a change of situation.]

我屋企有阿爸、阿媽、阿哥同我。粵
My home has father, mother, brother and me.

呢間屋企有地毡粵
This house is carpeted.
[Lit. This [counter] house have carpet]

我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.

我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。粵
We either go the the library or go home.

我以為你去咗華埠，其實你返咗屋企。粵
I thought you went to Chinatown, but in fact you went home.

首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。粵
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.

我就快搬新屋
I will move to a new house soon.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 屋
Unicode code for this character: U+5c4b (off-site link)

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