宅

zhái · zhai

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. residence
  2. (coll.) to stay in at home
  3. to hang around at home

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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