入住 (rù zhù) — to check in (at a hotel, hostel, etc.); to move into (a new home)

Definition

入住 specifically means the moment of moving into or checking in to a place (hotel, new home). 比 住宿 more event-like ('the act of arrival'), and more concrete than the general 居住 ('to reside').

verb
to check in (at a hotel, hostel, etc.)to move into (a new home)

Examples

  • 入住
    Wǒ men xià wǔ sān diǎn dào jiǔ diàn rù zhù.
    We will check in at the hotel at three o'clock in the afternoon.
  • 入住
    Míng tiān wǒ men yào rù zhù xīn fáng zi le.
    We are moving into a new house tomorrow.
  • 入住
    Gōng yù yǐ jīng kě yǐ rù zhù le.
    The apartment is already available for move-in.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

enter
zhùdwell

入住 combines 入 (enter) and 住 (dwell), describing entering a place to stay.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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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
Written in full asrén
Sound part声符shēngfú
zhǔzhù
Same sound today

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

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