宿

sù

lodge for the night

surname Su; old; former

roof (宀) + hundred people (佰) = lodge for the night

A roof over a hundred people suggests a crowded inn or stopping place — somewhere travelers bed down for the night. The sense of 'old' or 'former' extends naturally from a place where time accumulates.

宀+佰→宿
佰A hundred (people)Semantic
宀RoofSemantic

他在朋友家借宿了一晚。

tā zài péng yǒu jiā jiè sù le yī wǎn。

He lodged at a friend's house for one night.

这位宿将有多年的战场经验。

zhè wèi sù jiàng yǒu duō nián de zhàn chǎng jīng yàn。

This veteran general has many years of battlefield experience.

Words with 宿

宿舍

sù shè

dormitory

二十八宿

èr shí bā xiù

the twenty-eight constellations

归宿

guī sù

place to return to

宿迁市

sù qiān shì

Suqian, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3]

露宿

lù sù

to sleep outdoors

星宿

xīng xiù

constellation (arch., now 星座)

宿夜

sù yè

to stay overnight

双宿双飞

shuāng sù shuāng fēi

lit. to rest and fly together (idiom)

双栖双宿

shuāng qī shuāng sù

see 雙宿雙飛|双宿双飞[shuang1 su4 shuang1 fei1]

风餐露宿

fēng cān lù sù

lit. to eat in the open air and sleep outdoors (idiom)

食宿

shí sù

board and lodging

住宿

zhù sù

to stay at

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