🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

住宅区

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhù zhái qū

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Housing estate/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ ɪˈsteɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这个住宅区环境优美,设施齐全。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A residential area consisting of a large number of houses or apartments built as a single plan by a local authority or private developer.

    "Many families moved from the inner city to the newly developed housing estate on the outskirts."
  2. 2

    A self-contained district with a uniform architectural design intended primarily for residential living.

    "The local council plans to improve public transport links to the suburban housing estate."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'housing', derived from Old English 'hūs' (dwelling, house) via the Germanic root, and 'estate', originating from Old French 'estat' and Latin 'status' (standing, condition, position). Historically popularized in the 20th century to describe planned residential developments built by governments or private developers to provide organized communities.

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