🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

住房协会

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhùfáng xiéhuì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Housing association/ˈhaʊ.zɪŋ əˌsəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"住房协会致力于为中低收入人群提供经济适用房。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An independent, non-profit organization that provides low-cost housing for people in need of a home.

    "The local housing association manages several apartment complexes in the downtown area."
  2. 2

    A community-based organization focused on tenant welfare, estate management, and urban residential support.

    "Residents worked with the housing association to improve neighborhood safety and green spaces."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the Old English 'hūs' (dwelling, shelter) with the Late Middle English 'associacio', derived from medieval Latin 'associare' (to join together). Historically developed in the 19th and 20th centuries to describe non-profit organizations established to provide affordable public and social housing.

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🇫🇷French → English

organisme d'habitation à loyer modéré

Transliteration: ɔʁ.ɡa.nis.m d‿a.bi.ta.sjɔ̃ a lwa.je mɔ.de.ʁe

"Cette association de logement aide les familles à trouver des appartements abordables."

🇩🇪German → English

Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft

Transliteration: ˈvɔnʊŋsˌbaʊɡəˌnɔsənschaft

"Die Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft bietet preiswerten Wohnraum für Familien an."

🇮🇹Italian → English

ente di edilizia residenziale pubblica

Transliteration: ˈɛn.te di e.diˈli.tzia re.zi.denˈtʃa.le ˈpub.bli.ka

"L'ente gestisce case popolari per le persone a basso reddito."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

cooperativa de vivienda

Transliteration: ko.o.pe.ɾaˈti.βa ðe βiˈβjen.da

"La asociación de vivienda ofrece alquileres económicos en la ciudad."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

associação de habitação

Transliteration: ɐ.su.siˈɐ.sɐ̃w dɨ a.bi.tɐˈsɐ̃w

"A associação de habitação ajuda famílias de baixa renda a conseguir um lar."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

आवास संघ

Transliteration: āvās sangh

"यह आवास संघ कम आय वाले परिवारों को घर प्रदान करता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

住房协会

Transliteration: zhùfáng xiéhuì

"住房协会致力于为中低收入人群提供经济适用房。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

주택 조합

Transliteration: jutaek johap

"주택 조합은 저소득층을 위한 임대 주택을 관리합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

住宅協会

Transliteration: jūtaku kyōkai

"住宅協会は手頃な価格の賃貸住宅を提供しています。"

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