居 (jū) means Reside (occupies - live). Below are 19 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他喜欢跟邻 居 聊天。
Tā xǐhuan gēn línjū liáotiān.
He likes chatting with the neighbours.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 聊天
邻 居 都说她很贤惠。
Línjū dōu shuō tā hěn xiánhuì.
The neighbours all say she is virtuous and capable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 贤惠
居 民已经安全转移。
Jūmín yǐjīng ānquán zhuǎnyí.
The residents have been safely evacuated.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 转移
我的邻 居 是一位老师。
Wǒ de línjū shì yí wèi lǎoshī.
My neighbour is a teacher.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 邻居
他有合法的 居 留手续。
Tā yǒu héfǎ de jūliú shǒuxù.
He has legal residence papers.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 合法
他 居 然一个人完成了。
Tā jūrán yí ge rén wánchéng le.
He actually finished it all by himself.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 居然
邻 居 热心地帮了我们。
Línjū rèxīn de bāng le wǒmen.
The neighbours helped us readily.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 热心
这里的气候适宜 居 住。
Zhèlǐ de qìhòu shìyí jūzhù.
The climate here is suitable for living.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 适宜
我们跟邻 居 的关系很好。
Wǒmen gēn línjū de guānxi hěn hǎo.
We get on well with our neighbours.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 邻居
这里的 居 住环境很安静。
Zhèlǐ de jūzhù huánjìng hěn ānjìng.
The living environment here is very quiet.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 居住
这么难的题他 居 然做对了。
Zhème nán de tí tā jūrán zuò duì le.
He got such a hard question right, to my surprise.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 居然
这条街的 居 民大多是老人。
Zhè tiáo jiē de jūmín dàduō shì lǎorén.
Most of the residents on this street are elderly.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 居民
他在这座城市 居 住了十年。
Tā zài zhè zuò chéngshì jūzhù le shí nián.
He has lived in this city for ten years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 居住
居 民们对噪音提出了抗议。
Jūmínmen duì zàoyīn tíchū le kàngyì.
The residents protested about the noise.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抗议
这里的 居 民用天然气做饭。
Zhèlǐ de jūmín yòng tiānránqì zuòfàn.
Residents here cook with natural gas.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 天然气
他一直关照着邻 居 家的老人。
Tā yìzhí guānzhàozhe línjū jiā de lǎorén.
He has always kept an eye on the old man next door.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 关照
小区 居 民一起反映了这个问题。
Xiǎoqū jūmín yìqǐ fǎnyìng le zhège wèntí.
The residents of the compound raised this issue together.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 居民
邻 居 装修了三个月，我们没过一天安宁日子。
Línjū zhuāngxiū le sān ge yuè, wǒmen méi guò yì tiān ānníng rìzi.
The neighbours renovated for three months and we did not have one peaceful day.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安宁
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How is 居 used in a sentence?
This page shows 19 sentences using 居 (jū, "Reside (occupies - live)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 居 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 居 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 居 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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