寄宿

jìsù

verb #9,334

Meanings

1 to lodge; to board
2 to stay at (someone's home, a boarding school)

Characters

to send; to entrust; to depend on

to stay overnight; lodging

Examples

他在一所寄宿学校上学。

Tā zài yī suǒ jìsù xuéxiào shàngxué.

He studies at a boarding school.

她寄宿在亲戚家。

Tā jìsù zài qīnqi jiā.

She's staying at a relative's home.

寄宿家庭对留学生很重要。

Jìsù jiātíng duì liúxuéshēng hěn zhòngyào.

Host families are important for international students.

Tips

usage

寄宿学校 (jìsù xuéxiào) = boarding school. 寄宿家庭 (jìsù jiātíng) = host family / homestay. The word implies temporary, dependent lodging — not renting your own place.

memory

寄 means 'to send/entrust' and 宿 means 'to stay overnight' — you're entrusting yourself to someone else's home for the night.

Stroke Order

寄 jì

宿 sù