收容所
shōu​róng​suǒ

shelter

收容所 shōu​róng​suǒ
shelter noun
a place providing temporary protection and support for refugees or homeless individuals

许多无家可归者在收容所度过了寒冷的夜晚。

xǔ​duō wú​jiā​kě​guī zhě zài shōu​róng​suǒ dù​guò le hán​lěng de yè​wǎn.

Many homeless people spent the cold night in a shelter.

animal shelter noun
a facility that houses and cares for stray, abandoned, or lost animals

她从收容所领养了一只受伤的小猫。

tā cóng shōu​róng​suǒ lǐng​yǎng le yī zhī shòu​shāng de xiǎo māo.

She adopted an injured kitten from a shelter.

detention center noun
a facility where people are held in custody for administrative, immigration, or legal reasons

非法入境的人员被暂时安置在收容所中等待遣返。

fēi​fǎ rù​jìng de rén​yuán bèi zàn​shí ān​zhì zài shōu​róng​suǒ zhōng děng​dài qiǎn​fǎn.

Illegal immigrants are temporarily placed in detention centers while awaiting deportation.

hospice noun
a lodging or facility for the terminally ill, the destitute, or those needing specialized care

慈善机构为这些无家可归的晚期患者建立了一所收容所。

cí​shàn jī​gòu wèi zhè​xiē wú​jiā​kě​guī de wǎn​qī huàn​zhě jiàn​lì le yī suǒ shōu​róng​suǒ.

The charity established a hospice for these homeless terminal patients.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.70 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
0.552 per million

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)