舍 shě / shè in a sentence
Give up (abandon); House (residence - dormitory)
舍 (shě / shè) means Give up (abandon), House (residence - dormitory). Below are 9 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他住在学生宿 舍 。
Tā zhù zài xuésheng sùshè.
He lives in the student dormitory.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宿舍
宿 舍 晚上十一点关门。
Sùshè wǎnshang shíyī diǎn guān mén.
The dormitory closes at eleven at night.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 宿舍
他 舍 不得离开这个城市。
Tā shěbude líkāi zhège chéngshì.
He hates to leave this city.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 舍不得
锲而不 舍 才能有所成就。
Qiè'érbùshě cái néng yǒu suǒ chéngjiù.
Only by persevering can one achieve anything.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 锲而不舍
妈妈 舍 不得扔掉这件旧衣服。
Māma shěbude rēng diào zhè jiàn jiù yīfu.
Mother cannot bear to throw out this old piece of clothing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 舍不得
他锲而不 舍 地研究了二十年。
Tā qiè'érbùshě de yánjiū le èrshí nián.
He researched it perseveringly for twenty years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 锲而不舍
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From the graded readers
朋友说我太 舍 不得东西了。
péngyou shuō wǒ tài shě / shè bùdé dōngxī le / liǎo / liào.
My friend says I'm too attached to things.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
后面的八分钟，我说得比在宿 舍 里练习的时候还流利。
hòumian de / dì bā fēnzhōng, wǒ shuō dé / děi / de bǐ zài sùshè lǐ liànxí de / dì shíhou hái / huán liúlì.
For the next eight minutes I spoke more fluently than I ever had practising in my dorm.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
我们认识四年了，从大学一年级开始就住在一个宿 舍 。
wǒmen rènshi sìnián le / liǎo / liào, cóng dàxué yī niánjí kāishǐ jiù zhù zài yīgè sùshè.
We'd known each other four years, sharing a dorm since our first year at university.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
Words that contain 舍
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Questions about 舍
How is 舍 used in a sentence?
This page shows 9 sentences using 舍 (shě / shè, "Give up (abandon), House (residence - dormitory)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 舍 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 舍 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 舍?
The dictionary page for 舍 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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