屋 wū
noun
: house; room
屋 | や ya
suffix
: (something) shop
: somebody who sells (something) or works as (something)
: somebody with a (certain) personality trait;
: (Noun) house
: roof
おく oku
屋子 wu1zi: house; room
屋裏[里] wu1li: inside the room/house
屋外 wu1wai4: outside the room/house
[やど yado OR おくがい okugai: outdoors]
屋頂[顶] wu1ding3: roof
屋簷[檐] wu1yan2: eaves
房屋 fang2wu1: house; building
同屋 tong2wu1: room- / house-mate
Japanese common word
屋根 | やね yane: roof
屋台 OR 屋体 | やたい yatai
: cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand
: festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform
: stage prop fashioned after a large building
本屋 | ほんや honya: bookshop/store; publisher
松屋 | まつや matsuya: department store
屋上 | おくじょう okujou: rooftop
紀伊國屋 | きのくにや kinokuniya: popular Japanese bookstore
居酒屋 | いざかや izakaya: Japanese bar, Japanese pub
Japanese expression | idiom
屋上屋を架す | おくじょうおくをかす oku jou oku o kasu
: to do something useless (redundant): to paint the lily; to gild refined gold; to build a roof atop the roof
餠は餠屋 | もちはもちや mochi wa mochiya
: every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results
紺屋の白袴 | こうやのしろばかま kouya no shiro bakama
: the shoemaker’s children go barefoot; the dyer wears white; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves
Chinese idiom
愛屋及烏 ai4 wu1 ji2 wu1
: love the house and its crow: involvement with sb and everyone connected; Love me, love my dog.
屋 [wū] house; room; building, shelter
尸 (shī: corpse; to impersonate the dead) +
至 (zhì: reach, arrive; extremely, very)
the 尸 “corpse” radical here is supposed to mean “to lie or sit” and 至 is explained “where you come (reach) to lie or sit down” = your room.
屋頂 Rooftop – 陶喆 David Tao’s rendition of Jay Chou’s version
(男)半夜睡不着觉 把心情哼成歌
只好到屋顶找另一个梦境
(女)睡梦中被敲醒 我还是不确定
怎曾有动人弦律在对面的屋顶
我悄悄关上门 带着希望上去
原来是我梦里常出现的那个人
(男)那个人不就是我梦里那模糊的人
我们有同样的默契
(女)用天线 (合)用天线 排成爱你的形状 Ho Ho
(女)在屋顶唱着你的歌 (男)在屋顶和我爱的人
(女)让星星点缀成 (合)最浪漫的夜晚
拥抱这时刻这一分一秒 全都停止
(男)爱开始纠结
(女)在屋顶唱着你的歌 (男)在屋顶和我爱的人
(女)将泛黄的的夜献给 (合)最孤独的月
拥抱这时刻这一分一秒全都停止
(男)爱开始纠结 (合)梦有你而美
(女)让我爱你是谁 (男)是我
(女)让你爱我是谁 (男)是你
(女)怎会有 (合)动人弦律环绕在我俩的身边
(女)让我爱你是谁 (男)是我
(女)让你爱我是谁 (男)是你
(女)原来是(合)这屋顶有美丽的邂逅
credit: David Tao 陶喆
Original 周杰倫 Jay Chou + 温岚 Landy Wen (but this was with 張惠妹 A-Mei)
credit: Jay Chou 周杰倫
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
