住房

Character by character

• 住zhù7 strokesHSK 1reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop
• 房fáng8 strokesHSK 1house, building; room; 4th lunar mansion, determinative star π Scorpii

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 住房. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 住zhùHSK 1

  to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

• 房子fáng ziHSK 1

  house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room

• 房间fáng jiānHSK 1

  room

• 抓住zhuā zhùHSK 3

  to grab hold of; to capture

• 记住jì zhuHSK 1

  to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart

• 厨房chú fángHSK 5

  kitchen

• 房地产fáng dì chǎnHSK 7

  real estate

• 房屋fáng wūHSK 3

  house; building

• 居住jū zhùHSK 4

  to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in

• 忍不住rěn bu zhùHSK 5

  cannot help; unable to bear

• 住院zhù yuànHSK 2

  to be in hospital; to be hospitalized

• 住宅zhù zháiHSK 6

  residence; dwelling; abode

• 病房bìng fángHSK 6

  ward (of a hospital); sickroom

• 住处zhù chùHSK 7

  residence; dwelling

• 房租fáng zūHSK 3

  rent for a room or house

• 房东fáng dōngHSK 3

  landlord

• 书房shū fángHSK 6

  study (room); studio

• 客房kè fángHSK 7

  guest room; room (in a hotel)

• 住宿zhù sùHSK 7

  to stay at; lodging; accommodation

• 票房piào fángHSK 7

  box office

• 住户zhù hùHSK 7

  household; inhabitant; householder

• 站住zhàn zhùHSK 2

  to stand

• 健身房jiàn shēn fáng

  gym; gymnasium

• 楼房lóu fángHSK 6

  a building of two or more stories