Usage of the character 屋
wū
屋
[屋]
- (bound form) house
- (bound form) room
wūmiàn
屋面
[屋面]
- roof
bǐngwū
饼屋
[餅屋]
- bakery
máowū
茅屋
[茅屋]
- thatched cottage
wūyǔ
屋宇
[屋宇]
- (literary) house
- building
wūdǐng
屋顶
[屋頂]
- roof
- CL:個／个 (gè)
Xīnwū
新屋
[新屋]
- Xinwu or Hsinwu township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣／桃园县 ( Táoyuánxiàn), north Taiwan
zǔwū
组屋
[組屋]
- HDB flats
- public apartment flats (in Singapore and Malaysia)
tóngwū
同屋
[同屋]
- roommate
- to share a room
wūzi
屋子
[屋子]
- house
- room
- CL:間／间 (jiān)
páiwū
排屋
[排屋]
- row house
- townhouse
- terrace house
huáwū
华屋
[華屋]
- magnificent residence
- splendid house
lòuwū
陋屋
[陋屋]
- humble dwelling
chóngwū
重屋
[重屋]
- lit. multiple roof
- building of several stories
tángwū
堂屋
[堂屋]
- central room of a traditional Chinese house
wūjǐ
屋脊
[屋脊]
- roof ridge
xiǎowū
小屋
[小屋]
- cabin
- lodge
- cottage
- chalet
- hut
- shed
gǒuwū
狗屋
[狗屋]
- kennel
guǐwū
鬼屋
[鬼屋]
- haunted house
fàwū
发屋
[髮屋]
- barbershop
niǎowū
鸟屋
[鳥屋]
- birdhouse
shùwū
树屋
[樹屋]
- tree house
wūqǐ
屋企
[屋企]
- home
- family (Cantonese)
- Mandarin equivalent: 家 (jiā)
wūwài
屋外
[屋外]
- outdoors; outside
Tóuwū
头屋
[頭屋]
- Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣／苗栗县 ( Miáolìxiàn), northwest Taiwan
fángwū
房屋
[房屋]
- house
- building
- CL:所 (suǒ),套 (tào)
wūyán
屋檐
[屋簷]
- eaves
- roof (i.e. home)
cǎowū
草屋
[草屋]
- thatched hut
wūjià
屋架
[屋架]
- a building
- the frame of a building
- roof beam
- truss
zǔwū
祖屋
[祖屋]
- ancestral house
liáowū
寮屋
[寮屋]
- squatter shacks
yǎngwū
仰屋
[仰屋]
- to lie looking at the ceiling (in despair)
kāfēiwū
咖啡屋
[咖啡屋]
- coffee house
- café
- CL:家 (jiā)
Nàgǔwū
那古屋
[那古屋]
- Nagoya, city in Japan (old spelling)
huángjīnwū
黄金屋
[黃金屋]
- lit. house made of gold
- fig. luxurious residence
Xīnwūxiāng
新屋乡
[新屋鄉]
- Xinwu or Hsinwu township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣／桃园县 ( Táoyuánxiàn), north Taiwan
máowūdǐng
茅屋顶
[茅屋頂]
- thatch roof
Mínggǔwū
名古屋
[名古屋]
- Nagoya, city in Japan
jūjiǔwū
居酒屋
[居酒屋]
- izakaya (a kind of traditional Japanese pub)
yuánwūdǐng
圆屋顶
[圓屋頂]
- dome
wūmiànwǎ
屋面瓦
[屋面瓦]
- room tiles
Tóuwūxiāng
头屋乡
[頭屋鄉]
- Touwu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣／苗栗县 ( Miáolìxiàn), northwest Taiwan
hǎishāwū
海砂屋
[海砂屋]
- house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand
fángwūzhōngjiè
房屋中介
[房屋中介]
- housing agent
- real estate agent
jīnwūcángjiāo
金屋藏娇
[金屋藏嬌]
- a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman
huódòngfángwū
活动房屋
[活動房屋]
- prefabricated building
- prefab
- mobile home
- caravan
- trailer
àiwūjíniǎo
爱屋及鸟
[愛屋及鳥]
- see 愛屋及烏／爱屋及乌 (àiwūjíwū)
huáwūqiūxū
华屋丘墟
[華屋丘墟]
- magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins
bāwūqiānniú
扒屋牵牛
[扒屋牽牛]
- to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb)
- to strip of everything
yǎngwūxīngtàn
仰屋兴叹
[仰屋興嘆]
- to stare at the ceiling in despair
- to find no way out
- nothing you can do about it
- at the end of one's wits
àiwūjíwū
爱屋及乌
[愛屋及烏]
- lit. love the house and its crow (idiom); involvement with sb and everyone connected
- Love me, love my dog.
tǔjiēmáowū
土阶茅屋
[土階茅屋]
- lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
- frugal living conditions (idiom)
yǎngwūzhùshū
仰屋著书
[仰屋著書]
- lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
shìjièwūjǐ
世界屋脊
[世界屋脊]
- the roof of the world (usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原 ( Qīng Zànggāoyuán))
jiànwūhùzhùhuì
建屋互助会
[建屋互助會]
- building society (finance)
wūlòugèngzāoliányèyǔ
屋漏更遭连夜雨
[屋漏更遭連夜雨]
- when it rains, it pours (idiom)
pòwūyòuzāoliányèyǔ
破屋又遭连夜雨
[破屋又遭連夜雨]
- see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨／屋漏偏逢连夜雨 (wūlòupiānféngliányèyǔ)
wūlòupiānféngliányèyǔ
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
[屋漏偏逢連夜雨]
- when it rains, it pours (idiom)
cìjífángwūxìndàiwēijī
次级房屋信贷危机
[次級房屋信貸危機]
- subprime mortgage crisis
shūzhōngzìyǒuhuángjīnwū,shūzhōngzìyǒuyánrúyù
书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉
[書中自有黃金屋，書中自有顏如玉]
- lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb)
- fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow