住 zhù

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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

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰亻主

Explanation

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

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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.

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 住 zhù in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
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