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宿 sù · xiù

to stop, to rest, to lodge; constellation

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11
Level
HSK 5
Radical
宀
Type
Ideograph
Made of 宀佰 ⿱宀佰

Memory hint: A person 亻 sleeping in a bed 百 under a roof 宀

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  1. 他住在学校宿舍。
    Tā zhù zài xuéxiào sùshè.
    He lives in the school dormitory.
    he live at school dorm
  2. 你的宿舍在几楼？
    Nǐ de sùshè zài jǐ lóu?
    Which floor is your dormitory on?
    you (particle) dorm at which floor
  3. 请回宿舍休息一下吧。
    Qǐng huí sùshè xiūxi yíxià ba.
    Please go back to the dorm to rest a bit.
    please return dorm rest a-bit (suggestion)
  4. 这间宿舍住不下四个人。
    Zhè jiān sùshè zhù bú xià sì ge rén.
    This dorm room can't fit four people.
    this (measure) dorm live not down four (measure) person
  5. 大一那年，我们四个人住在同一间宿舍。
    Dàyī nà nián, wǒmen sì ge rén zhù zài tóng yì jiān sùshè.
    That year in freshman year, the four of us lived in the same dorm room.
    freshman that year, we four (measure) person live at same one (measure) dorm

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