寓 (yù): (bound form) to reside, to inhabit, (bound form) residence, dwelling, (bound form) to imply, to place, to contain (sth abstract)
寓 (yù) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to reside.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 宀 (semantic) and 禺 (phonetic). It ranks #2149 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 寓 roof. Its radical form 宀 (roof) appears in many related characters such as 客 (kè, guest, customer), 家 (jiā, home, family), 它 (tā, it).
Definitions
- (bound form) to reside
- to inhabit
- (bound form) residence
- dwelling
- (bound form) to imply
- to place
- to contain (sth abstract)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 寓
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寓所 | yù suǒ | dwelling |
| 公寓楼 | gōng yù lóu | apartment building |
| 寓意 | yù yì | moral (of a story) |
| 寓言 | yù yán | fable |
| 寓教于乐 | yù jiào yú lè | to make learning fun |
| 寓管理于服务之中 | yù guǎn lǐ yú fú wù zhī zhōng | to make administration service-oriented |
| 寓意深长 | yù yì shēn cháng | to have profound import (idiom) |
| 寓意深远 | yù yì shēn yuǎn | the implied message is deep (idiom) |
| 公寓大楼 | gōng yù dà lóu | apartment building |
| 步登公寓 | bù dēng gōng yù | (Tw) walk-up apartment (postwar building style with stair access and no elevator) |
| 寓目 | yù mù | (literary) to look over |
| 寓居 | yù jū | to make one's home in |
寓 appears in 13 compound words: 69 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 15 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 寓 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
寓字由12笔画组成,结构很巧妙。
yù zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "寓" consists of 12 strokes and has a very clever structure.
...岛申诉王|陶艺×国安教育 从“家”字作品寓意香港是我家 以中华文化提升市民国家情
. . . dǎo shēn sù wáng táo yì guó ān jiào yù cóng jiā zì zuò pǐn yù yì xiāng gǎng shì wǒ jiā yǐ zhōng huá wén huà tí shēng shì mín guó jiā qíng
... Taoyi × National Security Education From the word "home", the work implies that Hong Kong is my home, and enhances citizens' national feelings with Chinese culture
...ckbridge近6,500万元购SF公寓楼
. . . c k b r i d g e jìn 6 , 5 0 0 wàn yuán gòu S F gōng yù lóu
... ckbridge nearly $65 million to buy SF apartment buildings
从寓言学管理/准确定位 善用资源
cóng yù yán xué guǎn lǐ zhǔn què dìng wèi shàn yòng zī yuán
From allegorical management/accurate positioning Make good use of resources
将军澳景林邨63岁男子倒毙寓所 单位传臭味保安报警揭发
jiāng jūn ào jǐng lín 邨 6 3 suì nán zǐ dǎo bì yù suǒ dān wèi chuán chòu wèi bǎo ān bào jǐng jiē fā
A 63-year-old man from King Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O, collapsed to death in his apartment, and the unit reported a foul smell, and the security alarm was exposed
将军澳景林邨六旬汉倒毙寓所 单位传臭味保安报警揭发
jiāng jūn ào jǐng lín 邨 liù xún hàn dǎo bì yù suǒ dān wèi chuán chòu wèi bǎo ān bào jǐng jiē fā
A sixty-year-old man in King Lam Estate, Tseung Kwan O, collapsed and died in his apartment, and the unit reported a foul smell, and the security guard called the police
她的公寓有几间房呢?
Tā de gōngyù yǒu jǐ jiān fáng ne?
How many rooms does she have in her apartment?
她单独一人在公寓里住。
Tā dāndú yī rén zài gōngyù lǐ zhù.
She lives in an apartment alone.
我住的公寓距离车站步行不到五分钟。
Wǒ zhù de gōngyù jùlí chēzhàn bùxíng bù dào wǔ fēnzhōng.
My apartment is located within five minutes' walk of the station.
最近我搬到另一栋公寓。
Zuì jìn wǒ bān dào lìngyī dòng gōngyù.
Recently I moved to another apartment.
Character Family
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