棚户区

棚戶區
pénghùqū
noun #46,174

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 shantytown
  2. 2 slum

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè piàn pénghùqū yǐjing chāi le.
This shantytown has already been torn down.
HSK 7-9
Zhèngfǔ bǎ pénghùqū gǎizào chéng le xīn xiǎoqū, jūmín dōu bānjìn le lóufáng.
The government rebuilt the shantytown as a new housing estate, and the residents all moved into apartment blocks.

Tips

culture
From the late 2000s China ran a huge 棚户区改造 (shantytown redevelopment) programme, shortened to 棚改, which tore down shantytowns and rehoused millions of families in new flats.

Stroke Order

棚 péng
户 hù
区 qū