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  uk1   jyutping
  wu1   pinyin
house; room; building

noun
Stroke count: 9
Level: 1
Radical: (#44)

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

This word has been viewed 19801 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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detail  uk1 kei5*2   = house, home
detail  uk1 zi2  wu1 zi5 = house; room
detail  gat1 uk1   = vacant house
detail  bun1 uk1   = move house
detail  faan1 uk1 kei5*2  fan3 wu1 qi3 = return home; go home
detail  uk1 sim4  wu1 yan2 = eaves
detail  bing1 uk1   = igloo
detail  fong4 uk1  fang2 wu1 = house; housing; building
detail  uk1 kei5*2 jan4   = family; member of family
detail  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
detail audio 返屋企
I'm going home.
detail audio 我係今日返屋企
I returned home only today.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131851 ]
detail audio 屋企
He went home.
[The final particle 嘞 here indicates a change of situation.]
detail audio 屋企阿爸阿媽阿哥
My home has father, mother, brother and me.
detail 屋企地毡
This house is carpeted.
[Lit. This [counter] house have carpet]
detail audio 我哋可以圖書館或者返屋企
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.
detail audio 我哋一係圖書館一係返屋企
We either go the the library or go home.
detail audio 以為華埠其實屋企
I thought you went to Chinatown, but in fact you went home.
detail audio 首先圖書館然後返屋企
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.
detail audio 就快新屋
I will move to a new house soon.
detail audio 我哋屋企好多嘢食
We have so much nice food in the house.
detail audio 隔籬好嘈
My next-door neighbour is noisy
detail audio 一個人屋企
Staying at home alone is so boring.
detail 而家返屋企囉呵?
You are going home now, aren't you?
detail 屋企重有幾多
How much rice is there left in the house? (at home)
detail audio 屋企起勢噉
I drank water unceasingly on returning home.
detail , 何況
He can't afford a car, let alone a house.
detail 基本上剩番頭頭尾尾
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.
detail 隔籬周不時打通麻雀令到同屋滋擾
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]
detail 媽媽屋企打理井井有條一啲
It is not an easy feat for Mommy to manage the house so neat and tidy.
detail 噚晚我哋屋企一個不速之客
We had an uninvited guest over at my house last night.
detail 真係著時適值屋企
Came at the right time, just when he is home.
detail 如果阿明真係一個超人⋯⋯唔會米田共返嚟屋企重要走廊地板都係死人⋯⋯
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 …
detail 一帶房屋員工青睞
The workers favour houses in this area.
detail 屋企黑猛猛好似盲咗
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.
detail 朋友屋頂上面
I'm standing on the roof of my friend's house.
[Equivalently: 我企喺朋友間屋嘅屋頂度]
detail 一句話起嚟
His remark set everyone in the house roaring with laughter.
[起嚟 is a verb complement which means 'starting to ...'.]
detail 都係比較揸拿好過投資小生意
I am of the view that buying property has more assurance, better than investing in small businesses.

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