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社区 (shè qū) — community; neighborhood

Definition

社区 refers to an organized residential community with shared facilities and residents — more structured than 附近 ('nearby area'). 小区 is a smaller residential compound; 群体 is a group of people, not a place.

noun
communityneighborhood
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 社区。
    Wǒ men shè qū de jū mín dōu hěn yǒu hǎo.
    The residents in our community are all very friendly.
  • 社区。
    Zhè ge shè qū de huán jìng fēi cháng gān jìng.
    The environment of this community is very clean.
  • 社区。
    Wǒ měi gè zhōu mò dōu qù shè qū de huó dòng zhōng xīn.
    I go to the community activity center every weekend.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

社shècommunity
区qūdistrict

社 “community” and 区 “district” combine to mean a neighborhood.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

社 joins 示 (god; deity) and 土 (soil), so its shape is about the god of the land.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 區; 区 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 區 is made from 匸 and 品; the simplified 区 is a shorthand.

Open 区 →
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