宿舍
sùshè
dormitory
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 大学生大多住在学校宿舍里。Most university students live in school dormitories.
- 我的宿舍在四楼。My dormitory is on the fourth floor.
Collocations
学生宿舍住宿舍宿舍楼男生宿舍
Mnemonic
宿 sù "to lodge" + 舍 shè "house": a house for sleeping, i.e. a dormitory. Polyphone: 宿 is sù "to lodge" (宿舍), but xiǔ (a count of nights, 一宿) and xiù (a constellation, 星宿); here it is sù. The 舍 is the same as in 校舍 (school building).
Related
寝室住宿宿舍楼房间
Quick check
How is the polyphone 宿 read in 宿舍 (dormitory)?