住 zhù — to live, to reside

Meanings

1. 1

   to live, to reside

   To live somewhere. The place is normally introduced by 在 after the verb — 我住在北京 — which is one of the few cases where a place phrase follows the verb.

   verb

Character breakdown

• 住

  zhù (fourth tone, falling)

  to live, to dwell, to stay; to stop, to halt; (as a verb complement) firmly, fast

  7 strokes⿰亻主Radical 人

Example sentences

• 我住在北京。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) zhù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) Běijīng. (third tone, dipping)···

  I live in Beijing.

• 你住在哪儿？/你住在哪兒？Nǐ (third tone, dipping) zhù (fourth tone, falling) zài (fourth tone, falling) nǎr? (third tone, dipping)···

  Where do you live?

Similar words

Words containing 住

• 抓住zhuā (first tone, high and level) zhù (fourth tone, falling)to grab hold of; to capture
• 记住/記住jì (fourth tone, falling) zhu (neutral tone)to remember
• 居住jū (first tone, high and level) zhù (fourth tone, falling)to reside
• 忍不住rěn (third tone, dipping) bu (neutral tone) zhù (fourth tone, falling)cannot help
• 住院zhù (fourth tone, falling) yuàn (fourth tone, falling)to be in hospital
• 住宅zhù (fourth tone, falling) zhái (second tone, rising)residence
• 住房zhù (fourth tone, falling) fáng (second tone, rising)housing
• 住处/住處zhù (fourth tone, falling) chù (fourth tone, falling)residence; dwelling
• 住宿zhù (fourth tone, falling) sù (fourth tone, falling)to stay at
• 住户/住戶zhù (fourth tone, falling) hù (fourth tone, falling)household
• 站住zhàn (fourth tone, falling) zhù (fourth tone, falling)to stand
• 住址zhù (fourth tone, falling) zhǐ (third tone, dipping)address
• 禁不住jīn (first tone, high and level) bu (neutral tone) zhù (fourth tone, falling)can't help it
• 衣食住行yī (first tone, high and level) shí (second tone, rising) zhù (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs