屋 (uk1 | wu1) : house

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屋

uk1

wu1

house; room; building

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 尸 (#44)

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

屋

This word has been viewed 20885 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Jun 2013 04:33

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屋企 uk1 kei5*2 = house, home 粵

屋子 uk1 zi2 wu1 zi5 = house; room 國

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

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 wu1 cun1 = housing estate
See all 91 compounds (CantoDict reports 93 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 28 examples containing 屋

我返屋企粵
I'm going home.

我係今日返屋企㗎。粵
I returned home only today.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131851 ]

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.

我哋屋企有好多靚嘢食粵
We have so much nice food in the house.

隔籬屋好嘈粵
My next-door neighbour is noisy

一個人喺屋企好悶。粵
Staying at home alone is so boring.

你而家返屋企囉呵? 粵
You are going home now, aren't you?

屋企重有幾多米呀？粵
How much rice is there left in the house? (at home)

我返到屋企起勢噉飲水。粵
I drank water unceasingly on returning home.

佢連車都買唔起, 何況係買屋粵
He can't afford a car, let alone a house.

基本上間屋布置好咗，剩番啲頭頭尾尾啫粵
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.

亞蓮隔籬周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾。粵
Ah Lin's neighbours often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137957,137958#msg-137958]

媽媽將屋企打理到井井有條一啲都唔易粵
It is not an easy feat for Mommy to manage the house so neat and tidy.

噚晚我哋屋企嚟咗一個不速之客。粵
We had an uninvited guest over at my house last night.

嚟到真係著時，適值佢喺屋企粵
Came at the right time, just when he is home.

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

呢一帶嘅房屋受員工青睞粵
The workers favour houses in this area.

屋企咁黑猛猛，我好似盲咗噉睇唔到嘢粵
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.

我企喺朋友間屋嘅屋頂上面粵
I'm standing on the roof of my friend's house.
[Equivalently: 我企喺朋友間屋嘅屋頂度]

佢一句話﹐引到成屋人都笑起嚟。粵
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]

我睇都係買屋比較揸拿，好過投資喺啲小生意上粵
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.

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