公寓 gōngyù apartment

Measure word: 套

HSK 5 — advanced proficiency: 1,300 new words, 2,500 in all. You can read newspapers, enjoy films and give speeches in Chinese. In HSK 3.0, 公寓 is in band 7–9. HSK 5 explained

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中公寓means apartment. You'd say it when a new coworker asks where you live. You tell them you rent a small apartment near the station, on the fifth floor. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

公寓 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

公寓 — the Chinese character for apartment (gōngyù), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 公寓 — apartment

公 — 4 strokes
寓 — 12 strokes

Characters in 公寓

公 gōng — public; collectively owned; common
寓 yù — (bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling; (bound form) to imply; to place; to contain (sth abstract)

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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HSK 5 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 7–9 Practise Topic: Places and geography Practise Topic: Home Practise Measure words Practise

公寓 is pronounced gōngyù and means “apartment”.