屋 (wū): (bound form) house, (bound form) room
屋 (wū) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) house.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 尸 (structural) and 至 (structural). It ranks #863 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 屋 to stop 至 under a roof 尸 (variant of 厂). Its radical form 尸 (corpse) appears in many related characters such as 层 (céng, to pile on top of one another), 尽 (jǐn, to the greatest extent), 展 (zhǎn, to spread out).
Definitions
- (bound form) house
- (bound form) room
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo stop 至 under a roof 尸 (variant of 厂)
Decomposition: ⿸尸至 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 屋
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屋顶 | wū dǐng | roof |
| 小屋 | xiǎo wū | cabin |
| 屋檐 | wū yán | eaves |
| 咖啡屋 | kā fēi wū | coffee house |
| 茅屋 | máo wū | thatched cottage |
| 同屋 | tóng wū | roommate |
| 名古屋 | míng gǔ wū | Nagoya, city in Japan |
| 公屋 | gōng wū | (HK) public housing estate |
| 屋脊 | wū jǐ | roof ridge |
| 草屋 | cǎo wū | thatched hut |
| 屋面 | wū miàn | roof |
| 黄金屋 | huáng jīn wū | lit. house made of gold |
| 发屋 | fà wū | barbershop |
| 华屋 | huá wū | magnificent residence |
| 活动房屋 | huó dòng fáng wū | prefabricated building |
屋 appears in 61 compound words: 20 as the first character, 54 as the last, and 26 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 屋 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
to take a concubine or wife; to keep a mistress in a tucked away in a luxurious house or apartment
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage; frugal living conditions (idiom)
magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
to take a concubine or wife; to keep a mistress in a tucked away in a luxurious house or apartment
lit. earthen steps and a small cottage; frugal living conditions (idiom)
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 屋.
Example Sentences
屋字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
wū zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "屋" has different usages in different contexts.
为什么在屋内也会晒黑?这些防晒盲区要注意
wéi shén má zài wū nèi yě huì shài hēi ? zhè xiē fáng shài máng qū yāo zhù yì
Why do you tan in the house too? Pay attention to these sunscreen blind spots
名古屋亚运2026|门票3.12起海外发售 焦...
míng gǔ wū yà yùn 2 0 2 6 mén piào 3 . 1 2 qǐ hǎi wài fā shòu jiāo . . .
Nagoya Asian Games 2026|Tickets will be sold overseas from 3.12 Jiao...
公屋阿婆走廊水管玩吊单杠!住户恐压爆制止遭骂...
gōng wū ā pó zǒu láng shuǐ guǎn wán diào dān gàng ! zhù hù kǒng yā bào zhì zhǐ zāo mà . . .
Playing with the horizontal bar in the public housing grandmother's corridor water pipe! Residents are afraid of being scolded for being scolded...
港置周末10大屋苑录得约2宗成交按周下跌约50%
gǎng zhì zhōu mò 1 0 dà wū 苑 lù dé yuē 2 zōng chéng jiāo àn zhōu xià diē yuē 5 0
Hong Kong Property's top 10 housing estates recorded about 2 transactions over the weekend, down about 50% week-on-week
独家/大年初二邻嫌吵狂砸门找碴 屋主:根本不在
dú jiā dà nián chū èr lín xián chǎo kuáng zá mén zhǎo 碴 wū zhǔ : gēn běn bù zài
Exclusive/On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the neighbor was noisy and smashed the door to find ballast Homeowner: Not at all
若有大地震，房屋会倒塌呀！
Ruò yǒu dàdì zhèn, fángwū huì dǎotā ya!
If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!
那幢绿色屋顶的建筑是什么？
Nà zhuàng lǜsè wūdǐng de jiànzhù shì shénme?
What is that building with the green roof?
许多房屋被洪水冲走了。
Xǔduō fángwū bèi hóngshuǐ chōngzǒu le.
A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.
汤姆说他打扫屋子打扫了一天。
Tāngmǔ shuō tā dǎsǎo wūzi dǎsǎo le yī tiān.
Tom said that he had been cleaning the house all day.
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