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民居 (mín jū): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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民居

民居 (mín jū): Residence (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

民居 consists of 2 characters.

people, populace, commoners

to reside, to dwell

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Pinyinmín jū

Meaningresidence

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word民居

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3.

How to Use 民居 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 民居 with other words naturally.

Measure Word + Nounwith座

yí一

zuò座

mín民

jū居

neutral

a residential building

Adjective + Noun

gǔ古

mín民

jū居

neutral

ancient residential buildings

Verb + Objectwith保护

bǎo保

hù护

mín民

jū居

Noun + Nounwith建筑

mín民

jū居

jiàn建

zhù筑

4.

Example Sentences with 民居

zhè这

shì是

mín民

jū居

。

This is a traditional house.

chuán传

tǒng统

mín民

jū居

neutral

traditional residential buildings

formal

protect residential buildings

formal

Written

residential architecture

zhè这

piàn片

qū区

yù域

de的

mín民

jū居

dà大

duō多

bǎo保

liú留

le了

míng明

qīng清

shí时

qī期

de的

jiàn建

zhù筑

fēng风

mào貌

。

Most of the residences in this area retain the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

nǐ你

liǎo了

jiě解

guò过

dāng当

dì地

mín民

jū居

de的

gòng供

nuǎn暖

xì系

tǒng统

shì是

rú如

hé何

yùn运

zuò作

de的

ma吗

？

Do you know how the heating system in the local residences works?

zhè这

ge个

cūn村

zi子

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

lǎo老

mín民

jū居

。

There are many old traditional houses in this village.

wǒ我

men们

zū租

zhù住

de的

mín民

jū居

suī虽

rán然

bú不

dà大

，

dàn但

cǎi采

guāng光

hé和

tōng通

fēng风

dōu都

tè特

bié别

hǎo好

。

Although the residence we rented is not large, it has particularly good lighting and ventilation.

zhè这

xiē些

xīn新

jiàn建

de的

mín民

jū居

bìng并

wèi未

wán完

quán全

zūn遵

xún循

chuán传

tǒng统

de的

shè设

jì计

lǐ理

niàn念

。

These newly built residences do not fully adhere to traditional design concepts.

zhè这

xiē些

mín民

jū居

de的

jiàn建

zhù筑

fēng风

gé格

hěn很

yǒu有

tè特

sè色

。

The architectural style of these traditional houses is very distinctive.

yóu由

yú于

dì地

chǔ处

piān偏

yuǎn远

，

zhè这

xiē些

shān山

cūn村

mín民

jū居

de的

xiàn现

dài代

huà化

gǎi改

zào造

jìn进

chéng程

xiāng相

duì对

huǎn缓

màn慢

。

Due to their remote location, the modernization process of these mountain village residences is relatively slow.

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 民居.

Words with 民

民族mín zúHSK 4
人民rén mínHSK 5
农民nóng mínHSK 5
市民shì mínHSK 5
移民yí mínHSK 5
人民币rén mín bìHSK 5
中华民族Zhōng huá mín zúHSK 5
公民gōng mínHSK 6

Words with 居

邻居lín jūHSK 3
居然jū ránHSK 5
家居jiā jūHSK 6
居住jū zhùHSK 6
居民jū mínHSK 6
定居dìng jūHSK 7-9
宜居yí jūHSK 7-9
居于

jū yú

HSK 7-9