公寓

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Chinese

just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
reside; residence
trad. (公寓)
simp. #(公寓)
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Noun

公寓

  1. multi-storied apartment building (Classifier: ; ; )
  2. residential unit in such a building; apartment; flat; condominium (Classifier: ; )

Usage notes

In Taiwanese usage, the term commonly refers to low-rise residential buildings of not more than 6 floors, generally without an elevator. Higher-rise buildings have to be legally equipped with elevators and called 華廈华厦 (7-11F) or more generically 大樓大楼 (dàlóu).

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References

  • 郭启熹 , editor (2016), “公寓”, in 龙岩方言词典 LONGYAN FANGYAN CIDIAN [Dictionary of Longyan dialect] (overall work in Min Nan and Mandarin), Xiamen: 鷺江出版社 , →ISBN, page 484.