一宿

yìxiǔ
measure word

Meanings

  1. 1 one night
  2. 2 for one night (used with verbs of lodging or staying)

Examples

Wǒmen zài zhù le yìxiǔ, dì'èr tiān jiù chūfā le.
We stayed one night at the inn, then set off the next morning.
Tā kū le yìxiǔ.
He cried all night long.

Tips

usage
The 宿 here takes the night-classifier reading xiǔ, not sù ('lodge'). This reading is used almost exclusively as a counter — 一宿, 两宿, 三宿 — and colors a stretch of time spent through the dark hours.
register
Colloquial, common in northern speech. In formal writing, prefer 一夜 or 一晚.

Stroke Order

宿