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郊区
jiāoqū
Description
郊区是城市外面、离市中心比较远的地方。
A 郊区 is an area outside the city, quite far from the city center.
那里房子不贵，也比市里安静，很多人喜欢住在郊区。
Houses there are not expensive and it's quieter than the city; many people like living in the 郊区.
Meanings
郊区jiāoqū
suburbs; outskirts of a city
他家住在城市的郊区。
He lives in the suburbs of the city.
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Notes
- Etymology
郊 (outskirts) + 区 (area/district), literally the outlying district of a city.
- Nuance
郊区 is the residential edge of a city; 农村 means rural countryside farther out.
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