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住

zhù

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 character level 1 Character

住 (zhù) means "to live". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 住 means

1. to live; to reside; to stay
2. to stop; to cease
3. (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)

How 住 is used in grammar

住 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Result Complements: V+到/住/走 (HSK 3)
• Advanced resultatives: 住/成/开/清楚 (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, complement (结果补语).

Example sentences

• 住手。
  Zhù shǒu.
  Stop that!
• 住手！
  Zhù shǒu!
  Stop!
• 站住！
  Zhànzhù!
  Stop!
• 抓住。
  Grab it.
• 抓住他。
  Grab him.
• 请记住！
  Remember!

Words starting with 住

• 住宅zhù zháiresidence; dwelling; abode
• 住宿zhù sùto stay at; lodging; accommodation
• 住房zhù fánghousing
• 住院zhù yuànto stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
• 住处zhù chùresidence; dwelling
• 住所zhù suǒhabitation; dwelling place; residence
• 住户zhù hùhousehold; inhabitant; householder
• 住址zhù zhǐaddress
• 住宅区zhù zhái qūresidential area; housing development
• 住家zhù jiāresidence; household; to reside
• 住校zhù xiàoto board at school
• 住手zhù shǒuto desist; to stop; to stay one's hand
• 住客zhù kèhotel guest; tenant
• 住持zhù chíto administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist; abbot; head monk
• 住地zhù dìliving area; residential area
• 住宅楼zhù zhái lóuresidential building
• 住口zhù kǒushut up; shut your mouth; stop talking
• 住嘴zhù zuǐto hold one's tongue; Shut up!
• 住院部zhù yuàn bùinpatient department
• 住区zhù qūliving area
• 住商zhù shāngresidential and commercial
• 住建部Zhù jiàn bùPRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) (abbr. for 住房和城乡建设部
• 住海边zhù hǎi biān(fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs…
• 住友Zhù yǒuSumitomo, Japanese company

Words containing 住

• 忍不住rěn bu zhùcannot help; unable to bear
• 不住bù zhù(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly…
• 居住jū zhùto reside; to dwell; to live in a place
• 抓住zhuā zhùto grab hold of; to capture
• 记住jì zhuto remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
• 握住wò zhùto grip; to hold
• 挡住dǎng zhùto obstruct; to block
• 拦住lán zhùto stop; to bar the way
• 入住rù zhùto check in (at a hotel etc); to move into (a house)
• 停住tíng zhùto stop; to halt; to cease
• 禁不住jīn bu zhùcan't help it; can't bear it
• 站住zhàn zhùto come to a stop; to halt; to keep one's footing; to stay upright…
• 遮住zhē zhùto cover (up); to block; to obstruct
• 搂住lǒu zhùto hold in one's arms; to embrace
• 保住bǎo zhùto preserve; to save
• 捂住wǔ zhùto cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
• 留住liú zhùto ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical)
• 堵住dǔ zhùto block up
• 盯住dīng zhùto watch sb closely; to breathe down sb's neck; to mark (sports)
• 围住wéi zhùto surround; to gird
• 捉住zhuō zhùto catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
• 揪住jiū zhùto grab
• 打住dǎ zhùto stop; to halt
• 压住yā zhùto press down; to crush down; to restrain (anger)

Characters built on 主

These share the phonetic component 主 (zhǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 注zhù(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject…
• 驻zhùto halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
• 柱zhùpillar
• 蛀zhùtermite; to bore (of insects)
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on
• 炷zhùwick of an oil lamp; to burn (incense etc); classifier for lit incense sticks
• 麈zhǔleader of herd; stag

Characters that look like 住

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

• 往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards
• 佳jiābeautiful; fine; good
• 径jìngfootpath; path; track; (fig.) a way; a means; directly; straight; diameter
• 饮yǐnto drink
• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 佐zuǒto assist; assistant; aide

Sounds the same

Read zhù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 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
• 伫to stand for a long time; to wait; to look forward to

Where 住 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Modal Verbs and Core Predicates (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 14 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhù correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.