俱乐部

俱樂部

jùlèbù

noun HSK 5 #1,247

Meanings

1 club

Characters

department; part

Phonetic loan from English 'club' — the characters were chosen to approximate the sound

Examples

他加入了一个足球俱乐部。

Tā jiārù le yī gè zúqiú jùlèbù.

He joined a football club.

这个俱乐部有五百多名会员。

Zhège jùlèbù yǒu wǔbǎi duō míng huìyuán.

This club has over 500 members.

夜总会在中文里也叫俱乐部。

Yèzǒnghuì zài Zhōngwén lǐ yě jiào jùlèbù.

A nightclub is also called a club in Chinese.

Tips

usage

俱乐部 is used for sports clubs, social clubs, and leisure organizations. It's one of the older loanwords in Chinese, borrowed in the early 20th century.

Stroke Order

俱 jù

乐 lè

部 bù