Chinese symbol for “dwelling”
寓所
yù suǒ
dwelling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dwelling is 寓所 (yù suǒ), defined as: dwelling.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dwelling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 住宅 | zhù zhái | residence; dwelling; abode |
| 住处 (住處) | zhù chù | residence; dwelling |
| 人家 | rén jiā | household; dwelling |
| 居宅 | jū zhái | dwelling |
| 居 | jū | (literary) to reside; to live; (bound form) to occupy (a position) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 寓所.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公寓 | gōng yù | apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套 (tào)) |
| 寓意 | yù yì | moral (of a story); lesson to be learned |
| 寓言 | yù yán | fable; allegory; parable; 则 (zé) |
| 公寓楼 (公寓樓) | gōng yù lóu | apartment building; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 寓居 | yù jū | to make one's home in; to reside in |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore; as a result |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 所谓 (所謂) | suǒ wèi | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dwelling”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.