HSK 5 · Places

宿舍 sùshè “dormitory” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 宿舍 means

  1. dormitory
  2. dorm room
  3. living quarters
  4. hostel

Measure word 间 jiān · 一间宿舍 yì jiān sùshè

How to say 宿舍

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale宿sù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale舍shè4th tone, falling

宿舍 in a sentence

  1. 我在宿舍住。

    Wǒ zài sùshè zhù.

    I live in a dorm.

    Sentence #7794514 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 大学有教室，也有宿舍。

    Dàxué yǒu jiàoshì, yě yǒu sùshè.

    Universities have classrooms and dormitories.

    Sentence #1441752 from Tatoeba

  3. 他一放学就回宿舍了。

    Tā yí fàngxué jiù huí sùshè le.

    He went back to the dorm as soon as classes finished.

    Sentence #2367577 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 宿舍 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 宿 (sù) with each of its parts in a different colour
宿sùlodge for the night
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 佰hundred · bǎi
The character 舍 (shè) with each of its parts in a different colour
舍shèresidence; house
  • 人person · rénMeaning part
  • 舌tongue · shéSound part

人 hints at the meaning (person); 舌 (shé) hints at the sound. Compare it with shè.

How to write 宿舍

宿 11 strokes · 舍 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

宿舍 (sùshè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 宿舍 (sùshè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 宿舍

Words with 舍

舍不得shěbude · to hate to part with锲而不舍qiè'érbùshě · to persevere

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FAQs

宿舍 (sùshè) means “dormitory” or “dorm room”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it sùshè: sù with a 4th tone, then shè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 宿舍 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 间 (jiān). For example, one dormitory is 一间宿舍 (yì jiān sùshè).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type sushe with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宿舍 from the suggestions. Typing sushe into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宿舍 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.