宿

  1. verb to lodge; to stay overnight
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 住夜 (Guoyu '宿' v 1; Unihan '宿')
  2. adjective old
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 旧; for example, 宿怨 'old grudge' (Guoyu '宿' adj 1)
  3. xiǔ noun night
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 夜晚 (Guoyu '宿' xiǔ n)
  4. xiù noun constellation
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Astronomy
    Notes: In the sense of 星座; as in 星宿 (Guoyu '宿' xiù n; Unihan '宿')
  5. verb a room; a place to spend the night
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, 宿舍 'hostel' (Guoyu '宿' n 1)
  6. verb to stop; to rest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 停留 (Guoyu '宿' v 2; Unihan '宿')
  7. proper noun State of Su
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
    Notes: A historic state located in present day Shandong (Guoyu '宿' n 2)
  8. proper noun Su
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '宿' n 3)
  9. adjective from the previous night
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 隔夜; for example, 宿雨 'rain from the previous night' (Guoyu '宿' adj 2)
  10. adjective from former (lives)
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pūrva; in the sense of 前世的; Japanese: shuku, or: shū (BCSD '宿', p. 381; FGDB '宿世'; Guoyu '宿' adj 3; MW 'pūrva'; SH '宿', p. 348)
  11. adverb ordinarily
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 素来 or 平时 (Guoyu '宿' adv 1)
  12. adverb previously
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 早先 (Guoyu '宿' adv 2)

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