小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小区
xiǎoqū
residential compound, neighbourhood
Characters in this word
区 qū
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 匸 — box
- Made of
- 匸 box 乂 to govern
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我们小区里有一个公园。 Wǒmen xiǎoqū li yǒu yí ge gōngyuán. There's a park in our neighbourhood.
- 他住在学校旁边的小区。 Tā zhù zài xuéxiào pángbiān de xiǎoqū. He lives in the compound next to the school.
- 这个小区很安静。 Zhège xiǎoqū hěn ānjìng. This neighbourhood is very quiet.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小孩儿 xiǎoháir child
- 小姐 xiǎojiě miss, young lady
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child, kid
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 大小 dàxiǎo size
- 小 xiǎo little (affectionate prefix)
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young