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住 zhù

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住 zhù Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhù | zhu4
English translation
to live
to dwell
to stay
to reside
to stop
(suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop

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About 住 zhù

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HSK level

1

Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

住 zhù

Contains the radical

亻 rén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A person 亻 rén who hosts 主 zhǔ ; 主 zhǔ also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 住 zhù

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰亻主

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 rén represents the meaning and 主 zhǔ represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 住 zhù

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我 wǒ 将 jiāng 球 qiú 扔 rēng 给 gěi 他 tā ,他接住 zhù 了 le .

I threw the ball to him and he caught it.

你 nǐ 把 bǎ 我 wǒ 的 de 手 shǒu 臂 bì 弄 lòng 疼 téng 了 le ,再 zài 不 bù 住手 zhù shǒu 我 wǒ 就 jiù 去 qù 告 gào 你 nǐ !

I'll tell of you if you don't stop hurting my arm!

他 tā 强 Qiáng 忍 rěn 住 zhù 愤怒 fènnù ,憋 biē 回 huí 了 le 尖刻 jiān kè 的 de 答话 dá huà .

He choked down his anger and choked back a sharp reply.

住 zhù 在 zài 贫民窟 pín mín kū 里 lǐ 的 de 这些 zhè xiē 人 rén 生活 shēnghuó 多 duō 可怜 kělián 呀 ya !

What a wretched existence these people lead in the slums!

他 tā 抓住 zhuā zhù 了 le 我 wǒ 的 de 错误 cuòwù 就 jiù 硬 yìng 说 shuì 我 wǒ 不 bù 懂 dǒng .

He seized on my mistake and said I didn't understand.

Words with 住 zhù

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
住 zhù to live住 zhù
抓住 zhuā zhù to grab抓住 zhuā zhù
记住 jì zhu to remember記住
住房 zhù fáng housing住房 zhù fáng
住宅 zhùzhái residence住宅 zhùzhái
居住 jūzhù to reside居住 jūzhù
不住 bù zhù repeatedly不住 bù zhù
住手 zhù shǒu to desist住手 zhù shǒu
忍不住 rěnbuzhù cannot help忍不住 rěnbuzhù
住院 zhù yuàn to be in hospital住院 zhù yuàn
站住 zhàn zhù to stand站住 zhàn zhù
保住 bǎo zhù to preserve保住 bǎo zhù
挡住 dǎng zhù to obstruct擋住
住处 zhù chù residence住處
住所 zhù suǒ habitation住所 zhù suǒ
住户 zhù hù household住戶
拦住 lán zhù to stop攔住
住宿 zhù sù to stay at住宿 zhù sù
卡住 kǎ zhù to jam卡住 kǎ zhù
住嘴 zhù zuǐ Shut up!住嘴 zhù zuǐ
堵住 dǔ zhù to block up堵住 dǔ zhù
握住 wò zhù to grip握住 wò zhù
打住 dǎ zhù to stop打住 dǎ zhù
住址 zhù zhǐ address住址 zhù zhǐ
遮住 zhē zhù to block遮住 zhē zhù

住 zhù Decomposition & Compounds

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住 zhù Decomposition

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