住宿 (zhù sù) — to stay (overnight), to lodge | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

住宿 covers both the act of staying overnight and the place you stay. 入住 is specifically checking in (hotels/moving in); 停留 means stopping briefly without overnighting.

verb

to stay (overnight)to lodge

Examples

住宿。
Wǒ men zài zhè jiā jiǔ diàn zhù sù le sān wǎn.
We stayed at this hotel for three nights.
住宿。
Tā chū chāi shí zài gōng sī fù jìn de lǚ guǎn zhù sù.
He stays at a hotel near the company when on business trips.
住宿？
Qǐng wèn zhè lǐ kě yǐ zhù sù ma?
Excuse me, can we stay here?

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

住 and 宿 both mean to stay or lodge, giving 'accommodation'.

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.

亻主住

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

主

主zhǔ住zhù

Same sound today

住 pairs 亻, the person radical (written fully as 人), with 主, which supplies the sound.

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.

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 5 Accommodation

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