sik6 suk1食宿
Jyutpingsik6 suk1
Yalesihk sūk
Definition
Board and lodging; food and accommodation, often as part of employment or travel arrangements.
colloquialworktravel
How it's used
Often appears in job advertisements or travel packages to indicate that the employer or agency covers both meals and a place to stay. It functions as a formal compound noun that is frequently used in casual speech when discussing contract terms or trip arrangements. Unlike individual words for food or housing, this term emphasizes the convenience of having both necessities bundled together.
Examples
This job includes board and lodging, the benefits are quite good.
When you went traveling, did it include board and lodging?
Related words
Common phrases
includes board and lodging
provide board and lodging
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
