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居

jū

HSK 3 Character

What 居 means

1. to reside
2. to be (in a certain position)
3. to store up
4. to be at a standstill
5. residence
6. house
7. restaurant
8. classifier for bedrooms

Other readings

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

• jīsentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
• Jūsurname Ju

Example sentences

• 我们是邻居。
  We're neighbors.
• 他是我邻居。
  He's my neighbour.
• 他和老婆分居。
  Tā hé lǎopó fēnjū.
  He is living apart from his wife.
• 我在日本居住。
  I live in Japan.
• 她在纽约居住。
  She resides in New York.
• 我们有新邻居。
  We have a new neighbor.

Words starting with 居

• 居然jū ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to
• 居住jū zhùto reside; to dwell; to live in a place
• 居民jū mínresident; inhabitant
• 居多jū duōto be in the majority
• 居委会jū wěi huìneighbourhood committee
• 居室jū shìroom; apartment
• 居留jū liúto reside
• 居家jū jiāto live at home; to stay at home; home (schooling etc)
• 居民区jū mín qūresidential area; neighborhood
• 居高临下jū gāo lín xiàlit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom)…
• 居民楼jū mín lóuapartment building; residential tower
• 居中jū zhōngto be between two parties (as in mediation); to be in the middle; to be in between…
• 居住地jū zhù dìcurrent address; place of residence
• 居所jū suǒresidence
• 居庸关Jū yōng guānJuyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平区
• 居高不下jū gāo bù xià(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
• 居留证jū liú zhèngresidence permit
• 居心jū xīnto harbor (evil) intentions; to be bent on; a tranquil heart or mind
• 居里夫人Jū lǐ fū renMaria Skłodowska-Curie or Marie Curie (1867–1934), Nobel laureate in both physics (1903)…
• 居正jū zhèng(literary) to follow the right path
• 居人jū réninhabitant
• 居位jū wèito occupy a high position (in administration)
• 居功jū gōngto claim credit for oneself
• 居官jū guānto secure a position; to take an official appointment

Words containing 居

• 邻居lín jūneighbor
• 安居乐业ān jū lè yèto live in peace and work happily (idiom)
• 同居tóng jūto live together; to cohabit
• 家居jiā jūhome; residence; to stay at home (unemployed)
• 定居dìng jūto settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
• 故居gù jūformer residence
• 民居mín jūhouses; homes
• 移居yí jūto migrate; to move to a new place of residence
• 位居wèi jūto be located at
• 新居xīn jūnew residence; new home
• 白居易Bái Jū yìBai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
• 起居qǐ jūeveryday life; regular pattern of life
• 隐居yǐn jūto live in seclusion
• 分居fēn jūto separate (married couple); to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
• 起居室qǐ jū shìliving room; sitting room
• 聚居jù jūto inhabit a region (esp. ethnic group); to congregate
• 安居ān jūto settle down; to live peacefully
• 自居zì jūto consider oneself as; to believe oneself to be
• 人居rén jūhuman habitat
• 迁居qiān jūto move (from one residence to another)
• 独居dú jūto live alone; to live a solitary existence
• 旅居lǚ jūto stay away from home; residence abroad; sojourn
• 寄居jì jūto live away from home
• 旧居jiù jūold residence; former home

Characters built on 古

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

• 估gūto estimate
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 辜gūcrime; sin
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring

Characters that look like 居

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

• 房fánghouse; room; branch of an extended family
• 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 肩jiānshoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc)
• 屈qūbent; to feel wronged
• 扂diàndoor latch
• 屌diǎopenis; (slang) cool or extraordinary; (Cantonese) to fuck

Sounds the same

Read jū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 拘to capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 鞠to incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 驹colt
• 车war chariot (archaic); rook (in Chinese chess); rook (in chess)
• 掬to hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. jú
• 据used in 拮据
• 狙macaque; to spy; to lie in ambush
• 琚ornamental gems for belt
• 疽gangrene
• 苴(hemp); sack cloth
• 裾garment
• 趄used in 趑趄