小区 (xiǎo qū): meaning and stroke order

小区 in our stories

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• 他们在自己的小区里贴了五十张纸，上面写着：“需要借什么，就在下面写上；愿意借出什么，也写上。”

  tāmen zài zìjǐ de xiǎoqū lǐ tiē le wǔshí zhāng zhǐ shàngmiàn xiě zhe xūyào jiè shénme jiù zài xiàmiàn xiě shàng yuànyì jièchū shénme yě xiě shàng

  They put up fifty sheets of paper around their housing estate: "Write below what you need to borrow, and what you're willing to lend."

  From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

• “这个小区有两千多辆车，停车位却只有八百个。每天晚上，路边和人行道上都停满了车，救护车有时候都开不进来。”

  zhè gè xiǎoqū yǒu liǎngqiān duō liàng chē tíngchēwèi què zhǐ yǒu bābǎi gè měitiān wǎnshang lùbiān hé rénxíngdào shàng dōu tíngmǎn le chē jiùhùchē yǒushíhou dōu kāi bú jìnlai

  "This neighbourhood has over two thousand cars but only eight hundred parking spaces. Every evening the roadsides and pavements are full of cars, and sometimes even ambulances can't get in."

  From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

• 父亲的记忆是从小事开始消失的：先是找不到钥匙，后来忘了关火，再后来，他在住了三十年的小区里迷了路。

  fùqīn de jìyì shì cóng xiǎoshì kāishǐ xiāoshī de xiānshì zhǎo bú dào yàoshi hòulái wàng le guān huǒ zài hòulái tā zài zhù le sānshí nián de xiǎoqū lǐ mí le lù

  Her father's memory began to vanish with small things: first he couldn't find his keys, then he forgot to turn off the gas, and later he got lost in the estate he had lived in for thirty years.

  From the story The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8