| 地区 | dì qū | local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or county level city); Classifiers: 个 | |
| 区域 | qū yù | area; region; district | |
| 社区 | shè qū | community; neighborhood | |
| 自治区 | zì zhì qū | autonomous region, namely: Inner Mongolia 内蒙古自治区 , Guangxi 广西壮族自治区 , Tibet 西藏自治区 , Ningxia 宁夏回族自治区 , Xinjiang 新疆维吾尔自治区 | |
| 山区 | shān qū | mountain area; Classifiers: 个 |
| 反射区治疗 | fǎn shè ōu zhì liáo | reflexology (alternative medicine) |
| 1 | The traffic in the city center is heavily congested. | |
| 2 | They went on a hike in the mountains. | |
| 3 | The city center has many historic buildings. | |
| 4 | We are going shopping in the business district. | |
| 5 | The housing prices are high in this area. |
