一宿

yìxiǔ
measure word

Meanings

  1. 1 one night
  2. 2 for one night

Examples

HSK 2
Tā kū le yìxiǔ.
He cried all night long.
HSK 7-9
Wǒmen zài zhù le yìxiǔ, dì'èr tiān jiù chūfā le.
We stayed one night at the inn, then set off the next morning.

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

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