宜 yí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
宜居
yíjū
liveable; suitable for living
Characters in this word
居 jū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 一座城市是否宜居，不能只看房价，还要看公共服务和生态质量。 Yí zuò chéngshì shìfǒu yíjū, bùnéng zhǐ kàn fángjià, hái yào kàn gōnggòng fúwù hé shēngtài zhìliàng. Whether a city is liveable cannot be judged only by house prices; public services and ecological quality must also be considered.
- 这几年城市绿化变好，越来越宜居了。 Zhè jǐ nián chéngshì lǜhuà biàn hǎo, yuèláiyuè yíjū le. In recent years the city has become greener and more and more liveable.
- 人们选择定居的地方，往往考虑环境是否宜居。 Rénmen xuǎnzé dìngjū de dìfang, wǎngwǎng kǎolǜ huánjìng shìfǒu yíjū. When people choose where to settle down, they often consider whether the environment is suitable for living.
Related words
- 便宜 piányi cheap
- 不宜 bùyí not advisable, should not
- 适宜 shìyí suitable, appropriate
- 事宜 shìyí matters; arrangements
- 宜人 yírén pleasant; agreeable
- 因地制宜 yīndìzhìyí to adapt measures to local conditions
- 居民 jūmín resident
- 居住 jūzhù to live; to reside
- 居然 jūrán unexpectedly
- 邻居 línjū neighbor
- 家居 jiājū household, home
- 定居 dìngjū to settle down; to take up residence