Meaning of 灾区
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- disaster area; stricken region
How to use 灾区
灾区 is common in news reports about earthquakes, floods and other disasters, often with verbs like 支援 (zhīyuán, to support) or 重建 (chóngjiàn, to rebuild). Example: 很多志愿者去灾区帮忙。(Hěn duō zhìyuànzhě qù zāiqū bāngmáng.) Many volunteers went to the disaster area to help.
灾 (zāi) shows fire 火 under a roof 宀, a house on fire, which means disaster. Add 区 (qū), area, and you get the area hit by disaster.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 灾 with 火 on top or confuse it with 宁 (níng), but the roof 宀 sits above 火. Also keep the tone of 灾 as first tone zāi, not third tone zǎi.
灾区 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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灾 zāi · disaster · 7 strokes
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区 qū · area · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 灾区.
| 地区 | dìqū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system |
| 区别 | qūbié | difference; to distinguish |
| 市区 | shìqū | urban district; downtown |
| 区域 | qūyù | area; region |
| 灾难 | zāinàn | disaster; catastrophe |
| 社区 | shèqū | community; neighborhood |
| 火灾 | huǒzāi | serious fire (in a city or a forest etc) |
| 郊区 | jiāoqū | suburban district; outskirts; suburbs |
| 山区 | shānqū | mountain area |
| 灾害 | zāihài | calamity; disaster |
| 救灾 | jiùzāi | to relieve disaster; to help disaster victims |
| 受灾 | shòuzāi | disaster-stricken; to be hit by a natural calamity |
Questions about 灾区
What does 灾区 mean?
灾区 (zāiqū) means "disaster area; stricken region" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 灾区?
灾区 is made of 2 characters: 灾 (7 strokes), 区 (4 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 灾区 an HSK word?
Yes. 灾区 is on the HSK 5 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 灾区 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 灾区 is written 災區.
How do you say a specific kind of disaster area, like an earthquake zone?
Put the disaster type before 灾区 or use 区 alone, for example 地震灾区 (dìzhèn zāiqū) earthquake-stricken area, or 洪水灾区 (hóngshuǐ zāiqū) flood area.
What is the difference between 灾区 and 灾难?
灾区 is a place, the region affected by a disaster. 灾难 (zāinàn) is the event itself, the disaster or catastrophe.