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宿

sù

HSK 5 Character

What 宿 means

1. lodge for the night
2. old
3. former

Other readings

宿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xiǔnight; classifier for nights
• xiùconstellation
• Sùsurname Su
• sùold variant of {宿|sù}

Example sentences

• 我宿醉了。
  Wǒ sùzuì le.
  I have a hangover.
• 我在宿舍住。
  I live in a dormitory.
• 您提供住宿吗？
  Do you offer accommodation?
• 你打算在哪里留宿？
  Nǐ dǎsuàn zài nǎlǐ liúsù?
  Where are you planning to stay?
• 您得在新宿区转车。
  You need to change at Shinjuku.
• 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.

Words starting with 宿

• 宿舍sù shèdormitory; dorm room; living quarters
• 宿舍楼sù shè lóudormitory building
• 宿命sù mìngpredestination; karma
• 宿营sù yíngto camp; to bivouac; to lodge
• 宿世sù shìprevious life
• 宿主sù zhǔ(biology) host
• 宿便sù biàn(medicine) impacted stool
• 宿分sù fènpredestined relationship
• 宿务Sù wùCebu (province in the Philippines)
• 宿将sù jiàngveteran general
• 宿根sù gēnperennial root (botany)
• 宿草sù cǎograss that has grown on a grave since last year; (fig.) grave; to have died long ago
• 宿处sù chùlodging house
• 宿见sù jiànlong-held opinion; long-cherished view
• 宿诺sù nuòold promises; unfulfilled promises
• 宿酒sù jiǔhangover
• 宿愿sù yuànlong-cherished wish
• 宿务语Sù wù yǔCebuano (aka Bisaya), language spoken in parts of the Philippines
• 宿命论sù mìng lùnfatalism; fatalistic
• 宿命通sù mìng tōng(Buddhism) recollection of past lives; wisdom of past lives…
• 宿城区Sù chéng QūSucheng, a district of Suqian City 宿迁市
• 宿州市Sù zhōu ShìSuzhou, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省
• 宿营地sù yíng dìcamp; campsite
• 宿债sù zhàilong-standing debt

Words containing 宿

• 住宿zhù sùto stay at; lodging; accommodation
• 归宿guī sùplace to return to; home; final destination
• 寄宿jì sùto stay; to lodge; to board
• 食宿shí sùboard and lodging; room and board
• 露宿lù sùto sleep outdoors; to spend the night in the open
• 留宿liú sùto put up a guest; to stay overnight
• 投宿tóu sùto lodge; to stay (for the night)
• 借宿jiè sùto stay with sb; to ask for lodging
• 星宿xīng xiùconstellation (arch., now 星座); one of the 28 constellations of traditional Chinese…
• 信宿xìn sù(ancient) to lodge for two nights
• 值宿zhí sùon night duty
• 名宿míng sùrenowned senior figure; luminary; legend (in academia, sport etc)
• 新宿Xīn sùShinjuku, Tokyo
• 民宿mín sù(orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or…
• 星宿海Xīng xiù HǎiXingxiuhai Basin in Qinghai, more than 4000m above sea level, featuring numerous lakes…
• 双宿双飞shuāng sù shuāng fēilit. to rest and fly together (idiom); fig. to live in each other's pockets…
• 风餐露宿fēng cān lù sùlit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom); fig. to rough it
• 夜不归宿yè bù guī sùto stay out all night (idiom)
• 寄宿生jì sù shēngboarder
• 寄宿学校jì sù xué xiàoboarding school
• 温宿县Wēn sù XiànOnsu, a county in Aksu Prefecture 阿克苏地区
• 奸宿jiān sùto fornicate; to rape
• 胸无宿物xiōng wú sù wùopen and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous
• 歇宿xiē sùto lodge; to stay (for the night)

Characters that look like 宿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 绪xùbeginnings; clues; mental state
• 渥wòto enrich; to moisten
• 寇kòuto invade; to plunder; bandit
• 痫xiánepilepsy; insanity
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt

Sounds the same

Read sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诉to complain; to sue; to tell
• 速fast; rapid; quick
• 塑to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 素raw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 肃respectful; solemn; to eliminate
• 粟millet; (metonym) grain
• 溯to go upstream; to trace the source
• 夙morning; early; long-held
• 愫guileless; sincere
• 簌used in 簌簌
• 嗉the crop of a bird
• 僳used in 傈僳