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宅

zhái · zhai

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Meaning

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  1. residence
  2. (coll.) to stay in at home
  3. to hang around at home
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A month at home

  1. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)周末(zhōumò)你(nǐ)要(yào)出去(chūqù)吗(ma)？

    Are you going out this weekend?

  2. Dengdeng

    不(bù)去(qù)，我(wǒ)要(yào)宅(zhái)在(zài)家里(jiālǐ)。

    No, I will stay in at home.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)已经(yǐjīng)宅(zhái)了(le)一个(yīgè)月(yuè)了(le)，不(bù)无聊(wúliáo)吗(ma)？

    You have already stayed in for a month. Are you not bored?

  4. Dengdeng

    不(bù)无聊(wúliáo)，我(wǒ)宅(zhái)得(de)很(hěn)开心(kāixīn)，还(hái)学会(xuéhuì)做饭(zuòfàn)了(le)

    Not bored. I stayed in happily, and I even learned to cook.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)今晚(jīnwǎn)去(qù)你(nǐ)家(jiā)吃饭(chīfàn)！

    Then I will come to your place for dinner tonight!

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)啊(a)，不过(bùguò)宅(zhái)在(zài)家(jiā)我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)学会(xuéhuì)煮(zhǔ)鸡蛋(jīdàn)

    OK, but all I learned while staying at home is boiling eggs.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)周(zhōu)末(mò)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)宅(zhái)在(zài)家(jiā)里(lǐ)看(kàn)书(shū)。

He likes to stay at home reading on weekends.

02

这(zhè)栋(dòng)老(lǎo)宅(zhái)已(yǐ)经(jīng)有(yǒu)一(yì)百(bǎi)多(duō)年(nián)历(lì)史(shǐ)了(le)。

This old residence already has a history of more than a hundred years.

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