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宿舍

sù shè

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Measure word 间

宿舍 (sù shè) means "dormitory". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 宿舍 means

1. dormitory
2. dorm room
3. living quarters
4. hostel

The characters in 宿舍

• 宿sùlodge for the night; old; former
• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms

Example sentences

• 我在宿舍住。
  I live in a dormitory.
• 他一放学就回宿舍了。
  Tā yī fàngxué jiù huí sùshè le.
  He went back to the dorm as soon as he finished class.
• 你习惯在宿舍生活了吗？
  Nǐ xíguàn zài sùshè shēnghuó le ma?
  Are you used to living in the dorms?
• 大学有教室，也有宿舍。
  Universities have classrooms and dormitories.
• 人美在宿舍等着学友呢。
  Renmei is waiting for Xueyou in the dorm.
• 我们大家住在同一个宿舍。
  We all live in the same dorm.

Words starting with 宿舍

• 宿舍楼sù shè lóudormitory building

Sounds the same

Read sù shè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 速射rapid-fire

Where 宿舍 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Buildings, Dormitories & Sacred Spaces (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sù shè correctly.
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