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Printable Handwriting Practice Worksheet of the Chinese character 住
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Meaning of

Pinyin zhù
Radical
Strokes
7
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。
zhù zuǐ
to hold one's tongue / Shut up!
yē zhù
to choke (on) / to choke off (in speech)
zhù zhǐ
address
dǔ zhù
to block up
zhù zhái qū
residential area / housing development
zhù zhái lóu
residential building / CL:幢[zhuang4],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]
宿 zhù sù fèi
quarterage / hotel expense
bǐng zhù
Hold
zhèng zhù
stun / freeze
lèng zhù
become speechless because of astonishment / an unexpected question
shā zhù
to stop / to come to a halt
wǔ zhù
to cover / to bury one's face
jié zhù
interception / stop
zhù hù
household / inhabitant / householder
è zhù
Choke
tuō zhù
to hold up / to hinder / to stall
lán bú zhù
Can't stop
àn nà bu zhù
to be unable to hold back
zhuō zhù
to catch / to grapple with / to hold onto
níng zhù
Freeze
chēng zhù
hang on / hold up / hang in / support / brace / shore / stake
chēng dé zhù
strong enough to prop up or support
zàn zhù
shack / stay / shack up in / shake down
zàn zhù zhèng
temporary residence permit
zhǐ zhù
halt / desist / stop / bring to a stop
zhǐ bú zhù
Can't stop
jū zhù
to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in
zhù fáng
housing
rěn bu zhù
cannot help / unable to bear
bù zhù
repeatedly / continuously / constantly / unable to (resist, conceal etc)
zhù zhái
residence / tenement
jì zhu
to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart
bào zhù
clasp / grip / tackle / fold
dǎng zhù
to obstruct
lán zhù
to stop / to bar the way
zhàn zhù
to stand
bǎo zhù
to preserve / to save
wò zhù
to grip / to hold
jīn bu zhù
can't help it / can't bear it
cháng zhù
long-term resident / permanent residence / eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit śāśvata-vāda)
zhù yuàn
to be in hospital / to be hospitalized
zhù chù
residence / dwelling / dwelling place
宿 zhù sù
to stay at / lodging / accommodation
àn zhù
press on / pin / hold
wéi zhù
to surround / to gird
shā zhù
to brake / to stop / to forbid
qiān zhù
Hold on
dīng zhù
to watch sb closely / to breathe down sb's neck / to mark (sports)
liú zhù
to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical)
wěn zhù
steady oneself
chán zhù
entangle
zhuā zhù
to grab / to capture
méng zhù
muffle
zhē zhù
to cover (up) / to block / to obstruct / to shade
dìng zhù
peg
kào bu zhù
unreliable
kào de zhù
reliable / trustworthy
dǐng zhù
to withstand / to stand up to
nián zhù
cling

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