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住手

zhù shǒu

2-character word

What 住手 means

1. to desist
2. to stop
3. to stay one's hand

The characters in 住手

• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work

Example sentences

• 住手。
  Zhù shǒu.
  Stop that!
• 住手！
  Zhù shǒu!
  Stop!
• 好痛！快住手！
  It hurts! Stop!

Sounds the same

Read zhù shǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 助手assistant; helper
• 驻守(man a post and) defend