局 (jú) means Situation (limit - department - cramped). Below are 24 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
我要去邮 局 寄信。
Wǒ yào qù yóujú jì xìn.
I am going to the post office to send a letter.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 邮局
邮 局 就在马路对面。
Yóujú jiù zài mǎlù duìmiàn.
The post office is just across the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 邮局
这一步关系到全 局 。
Zhè yí bù guānxì dào quánjú.
This step affects the whole picture.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 全局
办身份证要去公安 局 。
Bàn shēnfènzhèng yào qù gōngānjú.
To get an identity card you have to go to the public security bureau.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 公安局
这次改动只涉及 局 部。
Zhè cì gǎidòng zhǐ shèjí júbù.
This change affects only part of it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局部
看问题要从全 局 出发。
Kàn wèntí yào cóng quánjú chūfā.
One should look at a problem from the standpoint of the whole.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 全局
这套房子的布 局 很合理。
Zhè tào fángzi de bùjú hěn hélǐ.
The layout of this flat is very sensible.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 布局
公司正在调整全球布 局 。
Gōngsī zhèngzài tiáozhěng quánqiú bùjú.
The company is adjusting its global arrangement.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 布局
这套房子的格 局 很方正。
Zhè tào fángzi de géjú hěn fāngzhèng.
The layout of this flat is nicely squared off.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 格局
医生给他做了 局 部麻醉。
Yīshēng gěi tā zuò le júbù mázuì.
The doctor gave him a local anaesthetic.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局部
他一句话就打开了 局 面。
Tā yí jù huà jiù dǎkāi le júmiàn.
One remark from him opened up the situation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局面
目前的 局 面对我们有利。
Mùqián de júmiàn duì wǒmen yǒulì.
The present situation is in our favour.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局面
当地 局 势正在逐步稳定。
Dāngdì júshì zhèngzài zhúbù wěndìng.
The local situation is gradually stabilising.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局势
他一直关注着国际 局 势。
Tā yìzhí guānzhùzhe guójì júshì.
He follows the international situation closely.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局势
不要把眼光 局 限在眼前。
Bú yào bǎ yǎnguāng júxiàn zài yǎnqián.
Do not limit your view to what is right in front of you.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局限
行业的竞争格 局 正在改变。
Hángyè de jìngzhēng géjú zhèngzài gǎibiàn.
The competitive landscape of the industry is changing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 格局
公安 局 就在这条街的尽头。
Gōngānjú jiù zài zhè tiáo jiē de jìntóu.
The public security bureau is at the end of this street.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 公安局
这个故事的结 局 出人意料。
Zhège gùshi de jiéjú chū rén yìliào.
The ending of this story is unexpected.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 结局
这项研究还有一定的 局 限。
Zhè xiàng yánjiū hái yǒu yídìng de júxiàn.
This research still has certain limitations.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 局限
邮 局 每年都发行生肖邮票。
Yóujú měi nián dōu fāxíng shēngxiào yóupiào.
The post office issues zodiac-animal stamps every year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 生肖
这场战役决定了整个 局 势。
Zhè chǎng zhànyì juédìng le zhěnggè júshì.
This campaign decided the whole situation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 战役
谁也没想到会是这样的结 局 。
Shéi yě méi xiǎngdào huì shì zhèyàng de jiéjú.
Nobody imagined it would end like this.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 结局
今年终于扭转了亏损的 局 面。
Jīnnián zhōngyú niǔzhuǎn le kuīsǔn de júmiàn.
This year the losses were finally turned around.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 亏损
他们终于扭转了不利的 局 面。
Tāmen zhōngyú niǔzhuǎn le búlì de júmiàn.
They finally turned the unfavourable situation around.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扭转
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How is 局 used in a sentence?
This page shows 24 sentences using 局 (jú, "Situation (limit - department - cramped)"), 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 局 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 局 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 局 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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