宅
zhái
Pinyin

Definition

宅
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zhái
  1. residence
  2. (coll.) to stay in at home
  3. to hang around at home

Character Decomposition

Compounds (4)

诧
chà
  1. 1 to be surprised
  2. 2 to be astonished
咤
zhà
  1. 1 see also: 叱咤 chì zhà
姹
chà
  1. 1 beautiful
诧
chà
  1. 1 to be surprised
  2. 2 to be astonished

Related Words (20)

宅
zhái
  1. 1 residence
  2. 2 (coll.) to stay in at home
  3. 3 to hang around at home
住宅
zhù zhái
  1. 1 residence
  2. 2 tenement
宅女
zhái nǚ
  1. 1 female geek
  2. 2 female nerd
  3. 3 otaku girl
宅男
zhái nán
  1. 1 a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
家宅
jiā zhái
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 residence
  3. 3 house

Idioms (1)

浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
  1. 1 lit. to live on a boat
  2. 2 to drift from place to place (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我真觉得宅着挺好的，再说了，我就是一网络自媒体人，吃喝拉撒工作在家都能搞定，出门还得收拾自己，多麻烦。
wǒ zhēn juéde zhái zhe tǐng hǎo de ，zàishuō le ，wǒ jiùshì yī wǎngluò zìméitǐ rén ，chīhē lāsā gōngzuò zài jiā dōu néng gǎodìng ，chūmén hái děi shōushi zìjǐ ，duō máfan 。
I think that being a shut-in is fine with me. And another thing, I have my own media platform online, so I can do everything from home, whether it be eating, drinking or pissing or shitting. If I go out I have to tidy myself up and that's so much hassle.
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连个国民住宅都盖不起来，令人失望。
lián gè guómín zhùzhái dōu gài bù qǐlái ，lìng rén shīwàng 。
They can't even build a single council house, it's really disappointing.
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我们可以用这一句话“人怕出名猪怕肥”来形容公众人物。在中国，有一些公众人物喜欢开名车、戴名表，或是住豪宅。这样的行为，我们称作“炫富”。
wǒmen kěyǐ yòng zhè yī jù huà “rénpàchūmíngzhūpàféi ”lái xíngróng gōngzhòng rénwù 。zài Zhōngguó ，yǒu yīxiē gōngzhòng rénwù xǐhuan kāi míng chē 、dài míngbiǎo ，huòshì zhù háozhái 。zhèyàng de xíngwéi ，wǒmen chēngzuò “xuànfù ”。
We can use this proverb ‘Men are afraid of being famous, just as pigs are afraid of getting fat.’ to describe celebrities. There are some celebrities in China who like to drive luxurious cars, wear fancy watches, or live in luxurious houses. These behaviors are called ‘flaunting one’s wealth’.
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那是很宅的人喜欢玩的桌游。
nà shì hěn zhái de rén xǐhuan wán de zhuōyóu 。
It's a board-game for geeky people.
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我很宅！
wǒ hěn zhái ！
I'm a geek/nerd.
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科技宅
kējì zhái
Tech nerd.
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宅男、宅女
zháinán 、zháinǚ
Nerd, nerdess.
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我当阿宅也不是一天两天的事了，你现在才知道啊？更何况海边真的不好玩，只能踩踩水。
wǒ dāng āzhái yě bú shì yìtiān liǎngtiān de shì le ，nǐ xiànzài cái zhīdào ā ？gèng hékuàng hǎibiān zhēnde bù hǎowán ，zhǐnéng cǎi cǎi shuǐ 。
It's not as if you're only realizing I'm a shut-in today, is it? And the seashore isn't any fun anyway, all you can do is paddle.
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还要跟宅配公司合作，这样成本比较低。
hái yào gēn zháipèi gōngsī hézuò ，zhèyàng chéngběn bǐjiào dī 。
We should also team up with a home delivery company, that would mean less costs.
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没你宅好吧!不过晚上你得请我吃烧烤啊，我可不帮你白干活。
méi nǐ zhái hǎoba !bùguò wǎnshang nǐ děi qǐng wǒ chī shāokǎo a ，wǒ kě bù bāng nǐ báigànhuó 。
I don't stay at home as much as you do! But tonight you have to treat me to a barbeque. I am not just going to work for you for nothing.
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