(v.) live, reside, stay; stop, cease; (after a verb as a complement indicating) a halt or a steadiness; (after a verb as a complement, preceded by "de" or "bu", indicating) being able or unable to reach or meet a standard
禁
不
住
(phr.) be unable to bear or endure, cannot help but
住
处
(n.) residence, dwelling, dwelling place
住
户
(n.) inhabitant, householder
Same pronunciation
24
祝
(v.) wish; pray
注
(char./m.) to pour (into); to concentrate; to enroll; (dialect) measure word used for deals or sums of money | (n./v.) stakes (in gambling); note, annotation; to explain with notes | (v.) to record, to register
筑
(v.) build | (char.) an ancient 3-stringed instrument played by striking with a bamboo stick
驻
(v.) (lit.) stay, halt, stop; be stationed
㝉
to store | to stand | space between the door and the entrance screen
伫
to stand for a long time | to wait | to look forward to | to accumulate
助
(char.) help, assist, aid
杼
shuttle of a loom
柱
(char.) post, pillar, column, pole; column-shaped thing
柷
percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
櫡
variant of 箸[zhu4]
炷
wick of an oil lamp | to burn (incense etc) | classifier for lit incense sticks
箸
variant of 箸[zhu4]
簗
erroneous variant of 築|筑[zhu4]
纻
variant of 苧|苎[zhu4] | (literary) cloth made from ramie fiber
羜
five-month-old lamb
翥
to soar
苎
used in 苧麻|苎麻[zhu4 ma2]
著
Only in compound words
蛀
Only in compound words
贮
(v.) store, save, lay aside
鋳
Japanese variant of 鑄|铸
铸
(v.) cast, found, mint, make (mistake)
馵
(horse)
Similar pronunciation
46
煮
(v.) boil, cook
猪
(n.) pig, hog, swine
株
(char./m.) stump; individual plant; measure word for plants or trees
拄
(v.) lean on, prop on (a stick)
⺮
"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)
丶
"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3), aka 點|点[dian3]
主
(n./v.) owner, host, master; definite view (about sth.); to advocate; to indicate | (char.) idea; person or party concerned; to manage; of one's own will; main, primary | (n.) (Christianity) God, Lord; (Islam) Allah
侏
dwarf
嘱
(char.) to enjoin, to advise; to entrust; advice
属
to join together | to fix one's attention on | to concentrate on
斸
cut
朮
variant of 術|术[zhu2]
术
various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea
朱
(char.) vermilion; scarlet, bright red | (n.) Zhu (Chinese family name)
槠
Quercus glanca
橥
Zelkova acuminata
洙
surname Zhu
渚
islet | bank
潴
pool | pond
烛
(char./m.) candle; (lit.) to light up; an old term for watt
爥
old variant of 燭|烛[zhu2]
珠
(char.) pearl; bead
瘃
chilblain
瞩
(v.) gaze at, stare at
砫
ancestral tablet
窋
in a hole
竹
(n.) bamboo | (radical.) bamboo
竺
surname Zhu | abbr. for 天竺[Tian1 zhu2], India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) | (archaic) Buddhism
舳
poopdeck | stern of boat
茱
used in 茱萸[zhu1 yu2]
Synonyms
10
等
(v.) wait | (n./m.) grade, rank; kind, type | (char.) equal in number or degree | (conj.) until, when | (aux.) and so on, and so forth, etc.; indicating the end of an enumeration
生
活
(n./v.) life; to live
拉
(v.) pull, drag, tug | (v.) to transport by vehicle; to organize or move troops; to press-gang | (v.) to play (bowed string instrument); (table tennis) to lift | (v.) (can be metaphorical) to drag out, spin out; owe, be in arrears (with) | (v.) (dialect) to bring up; to help out; (spoken) to chitchat | (v.) to involve, drag in; to solicit, canvass; (spoken) empty the bowels | (v.) slit, make a cut, slash | (char.) used in 半拉
居
住
(v.) dwell, fare, live in
紧
(adj./v.) tight; firm, fast; close; being in quick succession; strict; intense; short of money; pressing, urgent; to tighten
歇
(v./n.) rest, take a break; stop (work); (dialect) go to sleep; (dialect) short time
蹲
(v.) squat on the heels, crouch; remain idle in one place | (v.) (dialect) to injure one's leg or foot from a heavy fall
勒
(v.) to tie or strap something tight; (dialect) to force or compel | (v./n.) to rein in (horse); to coerce; to command; to inscribe; (lit.) halter | (m.) (abb. unit of illumination) lux, meter-candle
孵
(v.) hatch, incubate
踮
to stand on tiptoe | Taiwan pr. [dian4]
Antonyms
1
离
(prep./v.) away from; leave, depart; be apart from; be without, be independent of
Do you mind if I arrange for you to stay in a smaller hotel? Although it is small, it is very close to the scenic spot we are going to.
请
问
您
家
的
住
址
有
没
有
变
?
Have you changed your address?
有
很
多
外
国
人
住
在
上
海
。
There are many foreigners living in Shanghai.
谁
能
够
及
早
抓
住
机
会
,
谁
就
赢
得
了
机
遇
。
Whoever can seize the opportunity early will win the opportunity.
我
这
几
天
住
在
爷
爷
家
。
I'm staying at Grandpa's these days.
我
家
住
在
黄
河
边
上
。
My family lives near the Yellow River.
我
已
经
住
进
新
家
了
。
I have already moved into the new house.
你
家
住
楼
房
还
是
平
房
?
Do you live in a building or a bungalow?
这
个
字
太
难
写
了
,
我
记
不
住
。
This word is so difficult to write that I can't remember it.
你
住
在
哪
里
?
Where do you live?
你
喜
欢
住
在
市
区
吗
?
Do you like living downtown?
你
住
在
哪
儿
?
Where do you live?
请
问
,
你
住
在
哪
儿
?
Excuse me, where do you live?
你
喜
欢
住
在
城
市
还
是
乡
村
?
Do you prefer to live in the city or in the country?
你
更
喜
欢
住
在
城
市
还
是
乡
下
?
Do you prefer to live in the city or in the country?
希
望
您
在
我
们
酒
店
住
得
愉
快
。
Hope you enjoy your stay in our hotel.
住
口
shut up | shut your mouth | stop talking
住
手
to desist | to stop | to stay one's hand
停
住
to stop | to halt | to cease
抓
住
to grab hold of; to capture
接
住
to catch (sth thrown etc) | to receive (sth given) | to accept
握
住
to grip | to hold
站
住
to stand
我
想
换
宿
舍
,
不
想
住
这
儿
了
。
I want to change my dormitory. I do not want to live here anymore.
楼
上
住
着
一
位
医
生
。
There lives a doctor upstairs.
经
得
住
can stand up to, can resist
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