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驻

zhù

HSK 6 Character Traditional 駐

What 驻 means

1. to halt
2. to stay
3. to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)

Example sentences

• 驻军被迫投降。
  Zhùjūn bèipò tóuxiáng.
  The garrison was forced to surrender.
• 他被任命为驻英国大使。
  Tā bèi rènmìng wèi zhù Yīngguó dàshǐ.
  He was appointed ambassador to Britain.
• 他被任命为驻美日本大使。
  Tā bèi rènmìng wèi zhù Měi Rì běn dàshǐ.
  He was accredited to the United States to represent Japan.
• 美驻留在看的那个人的眼里。
  Měi zhùliú zài kàn de nàgèrén de yǎn lǐ.
  Beauty's in the eye of the beholder.
• 他将要成为中国驻法国大使馆的外交官。
  Tā jiāngyào chéngwéi Zhōngguó zhù Fǎguó dàshǐguǎn de wàijiāoguān.
  He is about to become a diplomat at the Chinese Embassy in France.
• 他们创作出令人惊叹的艺术作品，从而让人们驻足欣赏宇宙之美。
  They're creating stunning works of art to force people to stop and appreciate the beauty of the universe.

Words starting with 驻

• 驻扎zhù zhāto station; to garrison (troops)
• 驻足zhù zúto stop (walking); to halt
• 驻地zhù dìstation; encampment
• 驻华zhù huástationed in China; located in China
• 驻军zhù jūnto station or garrison troops; garrison
• 驻守zhù shǒu(man a post and) defend
• 驻京zhù Jīng(abbreviation) stationed in Beijing
• 驻波zhù bōstanding wave
• 驻港zhù gǎng(abbreviation) stationed in Hong Kong
• 驻留zhù liúto stay; to remain; to linger
• 驻节zhù jié(of a high official) to temporarily reside overseas (or in another part of the country)…
• 驻点zhù diǎnstationary point
• 驻马店市Zhù mǎ diàn ShìZhumadian, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
• 驻车制动器zhù chē zhì dòng qìparking brake
• 驻颜zhù yánto maintain a youthful appearance
• 驻锡zhù xī(Buddhism) (of a monk) to take up residence…
• 驻跸zhù bì(literary) (of an emperor while traveling) to stop over; to lodge temporarily en route
• 驻大陆zhù dà lùstationed on the continent (i.e. PRC)
• 驻马店Zhù mǎ diànsee 驻马店市

Words containing 驻

• 进驻jìn zhùto enter and garrison; (fig.) to establish a presence in
• 常驻cháng zhùresident; permanent (representative)
• 派驻pài zhùto dispatch (sb) in an official capacity; to be posted…
• 留驻liú zhùto keep stationed (of troops); to remain as a garrison
• 青春永驻qīng chūn yǒng zhùto stay young forever
• 屯驻tún zhùto station; to quarter; to garrison
• 中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室Zhōng yāng Rén mín Zhèng fǔ Zhù Xiāng gǎng Tè bié Xíng zhèng qū Lián luò Bàn gōng shìLiaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative…

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…
• 住zhùto live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease…
• 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 驻

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

• 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 脉màiarteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
• 秋qiūautumn; fall; harvest time
• 纺fǎngto spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)

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
• 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