宅子

zháizi
noun #30,595

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 house
  2. 2 residence (especially a large or traditional one)

Examples

Tā zài xiāngxià mǎi le yī zuò dà zháizi.
He bought a big house in the countryside.
Zhè zuò lǎo zháizi yǐjīng yǒu liǎng bǎi nián de lìshǐ le.
This old residence has a 200-year history.

Tips

register
宅子 has an old-fashioned, slightly grand flavor — it suggests a substantial home, often with a courtyard, rather than a modern apartment. For 'apartment' use 公寓; for a generic 'house' say 房子.

Stroke Order

zhái