夜宿 (yè sù) — to stay overnight, to lodge for the night | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to stay overnightto lodge for the night

Examples

夜宿。
Wǒ men jué dìng zài shān dǐng yè sù.
We decided to stay overnight on the mountaintop.
，夜宿。
Zhè cì lǚ xíng zhōng, wǒ men zài xiǎo zhèn shàng yè sù le liǎng wǎn.
During this trip, we stayed for two nights in the small town.
夜宿。
Gǔ dài shī rén cháng cháng zài sì miào zhōng yè sù.
Ancient poets often lodged overnight in temples.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

夜 tells when the lodging 宿 happens, so it means to stay overnight.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

夕夕xīmoon

Sound part声符shēngfú

亦

亦yì夜yè

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The form 夜 pairs 亦 as a sound part with 夕 as a moon part, for night. In the modern shape, the 亦 part is broken up and one stroke merges into 夕.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

人人rénperson
囗囗wéibamboo mat

The shape comes from an old drawing of 人, a person, resting on a mat.

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