小区 xiǎoqū housing estate
housing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell
怎么记住“小区”: 小 small + 区 area = housing estate.
汉字
用法
- A gated residential complex of apartment blocks - 我住的小区很安静 (wǒ zhù de xiǎoqū hěn ānjìng) the compound I live in is quiet.
- Contrast 社区 (shèqū), which is the broader 'community/neighborhood' as a social or administrative unit; 小区 is the concrete cluster of buildings with its own gate and management.
例句
- 他很快便与小区里新来的男孩交上了朋友。 Tā hěnkuài biàn yǔ xiǎoqū lǐ xīnlái de nánhái jiāoshàng le péngyǒu.He quickly made friends with the new boy on the block.
- 整个小区对这个消息很惊讶。 Zhěnggè xiǎoqū duì zhège xiāoxī hěn jīngyà.The whole neighborhood was surprised at the news.