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伫

zhù

Character Traditional 佇

What 伫 means

1. to stand for a long time
2. to wait
3. to look forward to
4. to accumulate

Other readings

伫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhùto stand for a long time (variant of {伫|zhù})

Example sentences

• 忠犬八公的雕像伫立在涩谷站前。
  Zhōng quǎn bā gōng de diāoxiàng zhùlì zài sè gǔ zhàn qián.
  The statue of Hachiko, the faithful dog, stands in front of Shibuya Station.

Words starting with 伫

• 伫立zhù lìto stand for a long time
• 伫列zhù lièqueue (computing)

Characters that look like 伫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 但dànbut; yet; however; still; merely; only; just

Sounds the same

Read zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 住to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 助to help; to assist
• 注(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 祝to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc)…
• 著to make known; to show; to prove
• 筑five-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú
• 驻to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱pillar
• 铸to cast or found metals
• 贮to store; to save; stockpile
• 蛀termite; to bore (of insects)
• 箸(literary) chopsticks