住

The character "住" has 7 strokes. "住" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "住" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "住" are "zhù" . View the stroke order of "住">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "住"

v.: live; reside; stay; dwell; inhabit; stop; cease

• live : v.活着；在…定居；和…一起居住；活；生活在；过活；过着…的生活；靠…维持最低生活；以…为生；留存
• reside : v.居住；位；归；属；存在
• stay : v.停留；留下；保持；维持；暂住；逗留；停止；延缓；防止；暂缓执行；支持；拥护；支撑；用支索支撑；用牵索固定
• dwell : v.居住；生活；老是想着；详述；详写；停留在；凝视
• inhabit : v.居住于；栖息于
• stop : v.结束；停止；填塞；处于；表现；停下来；阻挡；总是；中止
• cease : v.停止；终止；使（某行动）结束

Form words with "住"

住窝棚 live in a shanty

住校外 live off campus

住校内 live on campus

住郊区 live in the suburbs

住一宿 stay (for) the night

住楼上 live upstairs

抵挡住入侵者 hold off the intruders

扒住栏杆 cling to the balustrade

住得很远 live at a distance

薅住头发不放 grab sb's hair firmly

单独住一间屋 have a room to oneself

用蜡封闭住瓶口 seal a bottle with wax

Example phrases using "住"

• 那个棘手的问题可把我给拿住了。

  That thorny problem beats me.

• 他们找了家近便的旅馆住下来。

  They settled down at the nearest hotel.

• 夫妇俩在两下里住，生活很不方便。

  Living in two different places brought much inconvenience to the couple.

• 我住的地方离这儿有好一段路。

  I live a good way from here.

• 你们俩住一间屋子相互也有个照应。

  You may share a room so that you could look after each other.

• 住了阵儿医院，她很快又回来上班了。

  After a short spell in hospital, she was soon back at work.

• 我上大学时跟他住一间屋子。

  I roomed with him when I was a student at the university.

• 整间房子都很阴森，我不愿住在里面。

  The whole house is gloomy and I certainly do not want to live in it.

• 不帮忙就算了，别想拿住我。

  If you don’t want to help me, that’s OK. Don’t think you can force me into a corner.

• 士兵们用树枝遮掩住身体。

  The soldiers camouflaged themselves with branches.