宿 (sù)
to lodge/to stay overnight
How 宿 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Traditional
- 宿
- Simplified
- 宿 (unchanged)
宿 has 3 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- sù
- surname Su
- xiǔ
- night; classifier for nights
- xiù
- constellation
Common words using 宿
- 宿命 sùmìng
- predestination; karma
- 宿舍 sùshè
- dormitory; dorm room; living quarters
- 住宿 zhùsù
- to stay at; lodging; accommodation
- 借宿 jièsù
- to stay with sb; to ask for lodging
- 宿醉 sùzuì
- hangover
- 歸宿 guīsù
- place to return to; home; final destination
- 露宿 lùsù
- to sleep outdoors; to spend the night in the open
- 二十八宿 èrshíbāxiù
- the twenty-eight constellations
- 八宿 bāsù
- Baxoi county, Tibetan: Dpa' shod rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[Chang1 du1 di4 qu1], Tibet
- 嫖宿 piáosù
- to spend the night at a brothel
- 宿主 sùzhǔ
- host
- 宿務 sùwù
- Cebu (province in the Philippines)
宿 in a sentence
我們在墾丁訂了一間很棒的民宿。
Wǒmen zài Kěndīng dìng le yì jiān hěn bàng de mínsù.
“We booked a great B&B in Kenting.”
How common is 宿?
宿 is the 1,750th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.1% of all running text.
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