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Meaning of 住

Pinyin zhù

Radical

亻

Strokes

Definition

to live / to dwell / to reside / to stop

Usage

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住 [zhù] (Verb) 【Primary meaning】: stay 1. Long-term residence or a short break: 居住 (reside), 住宿 (stay overnight), 住房 (accommodation), 住户 (household). 2. Stop, halt, take a rest: 止手 (stop the hand), 雨住了 (the rain has stopped). 3. Complements for verbs: 1. Indicates steadiness or stability, e.g., 站住 (stand firm); 2. Indicates pausing or stillness, e.g., 他愣住了 (he was stunned); 3. Used with "得" or "不" to indicate capacity, e.g., 支持不住了 (can’t support any longer). 【Related meanings】: 1. Same as the primary meaning (如: 站住) ([En.] stay) 2. Stop ([En.] stop) 3. Reside; temporary residence ([En.] reside) 4. Accommodation; spend the night ([En.] stay; pass the night; put up for the night) 5. ([En.] be stationed) 6. Keep ([En.] keep) 7. Used as a complement for verbs 8. Indicates firmness or steadiness 9. Indicates stoppage or stillness 10. Combined with "得" or "不" indicating sufficiency or adequacy 【Example usage】: - 如: 住歇 (stop, break); 住滞 (linger); 住后 (stay back); 住锡 (monk residing in a place, where 锡 means staff). - 《后汉书·蓟子训传》: 见者呼之曰: “蓟先生小住。” - 《南齐书·张融传》: 融为中书郎，未有居止，权牵小船于岸上住。

住嘴 zhù zuǐ

to hold one's tongue / Shut up!

噎住 yē zhù

to choke (on) / to choke off (in speech)

住址 zhù zhǐ

address

堵住 dǔ zhù

to block up

住宅区 zhù zhái qū

residential area / housing development

住宅楼 zhù zhái lóu

residential building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

住宿费 zhù sù fèi

quarterage / hotel expense

屏住 bǐng zhù

Hold

怔住 zhèng zhù

stun / freeze

愣住 lèng zhù

become speechless because of astonishment / an unexpected question

刹住 shā zhù

to stop / to come to a halt

捂住 wǔ zhù

to cover / to bury one's face

截住 jié zhù

interception / stop

住户 zhù hù

household / inhabitant / householder

扼住 è zhù

Choke

拖住 tuō zhù

to hold up / to hinder / to stall

拦不住 lán bú zhù

Can't stop

按捺不住 àn nà bu zhù

to be unable to hold back

捉住 zhuō zhù

to catch / to grapple with / to hold onto

凝住 níng zhù

Freeze

撑住 chēng zhù

hang on / hold up / hang in / support / brace / shore / stake

撑得住 chēng dé zhù

strong enough to prop up or support

暂住 zàn zhù

shack / stay / shack up in / shake down

暂住证 zàn zhù zhèng

temporary residence permit

止住 zhǐ zhù

halt / desist / stop / bring to a stop

止不住 zhǐ bú zhù

Can't stop

居住 jū zhù

to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in

住房 zhù fáng

housing

忍不住 rěn bu zhù

cannot help / unable to bear

不住 bù zhù

repeatedly / continuously / constantly / unable to (resist, conceal etc)

住宅 zhù zhái

residence / tenement

记住 jì zhu

to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart

抱住 bào zhù

clasp / grip / tackle / fold

挡住 dǎng zhù

to obstruct

拦住 lán zhù

to stop / to bar the way

站住 zhàn zhù

to stand

保住 bǎo zhù

to preserve / to save

握住 wò zhù

to grip / to hold

禁不住 jīn bu zhù

can't help it / can't bear it

常住 cháng zhù

long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda)

住院 zhù yuàn

to be in hospital / to be hospitalized

住处 zhù chù

residence / dwelling / dwelling place

住宿 zhù sù

to stay at / lodging / accommodation

按住 àn zhù

press on / pin / hold

围住 wéi zhù

to surround / to gird

煞住 shā zhù

to brake / to stop / to forbid

牵住 qiān zhù

Hold on

盯住 dīng zhù

to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports)

留住 liú zhù

to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical)

稳住 wěn zhù

steady oneself

缠住 chán zhù

entangle

抓住 zhuā zhù

to grab / to capture

蒙住 méng zhù

muffle

遮住 zhē zhù

to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade

钉住 dìng zhù

peg

靠不住 kào bu zhù

unreliable

靠得住 kào de zhù

reliable / trustworthy

顶住 dǐng zhù

to withstand / to stand up to

黏住 nián zhù

cling