旅馆 lǚguǎn hotel
How to remember 旅馆: 旅 travel + 馆 public building = hotel.
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How it is used
- Measure word 家: 一家旅馆 (yì jiā lǚguǎn, a hotel).
- Sounds modest or old-fashioned, like a simple inn, compared with 酒店 (jiǔdiàn), the modern, often upscale word for hotel used today.
- 宾馆 (bīnguǎn) sits in between - often a mid-range or government-run guesthouse.
Example sentences
- 旅馆在哪里？ Lǚguǎn zài nǎlǐ?Where is the hotel?
- 打的去旅馆吧。 Dǎ de qù lǚguǎn ba.Take a taxi to the hotel.
- 你知道这家旅馆吗？ Nǐ zhīdào zhèjiā lǚguǎn ma?Do you know that hotel?