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住户 (zhù hù) — household; inhabitant; resident

Definition

住户 refers to the people actually living in a specific residence — apartment building, neighborhood, compound. 家庭 is the family unit itself; 居民 is broader, covering residents of any area or district.

noun
householdinhabitantresident
Measure word · 户

Examples

  • 住户。
    Zhè ge zhù hù yǐ jīng zài zhè lǐ zhù le èr shí nián.
    This household has lived here for twenty years.
  • 住户。
    Xīn lái de zhù hù zhèng zài bān jiā jù.
    The new resident is moving in furniture.
  • 住户。
    Quán lóu de zhù hù dōu yào cān jiā ān quán huì yì.
    All the residents in the building must attend the safety meeting.

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.

住zhùdwell
户hùhousehold

住 contributes 'dwell' and 户 contributes 'household', forming a dwelling household.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
主
主zhǔ住zhù
Same sound today

住 pairs 亻, the person radical (written fully as 人), with 主, which supplies the sound.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 戶; 户 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 戶 is a picture of half of a gate. The simplified 户 is a later shorthand, so its shape should not be read as the original parts.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Home & Housing

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