住
to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #610 U+4F4F
How 住 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
dwell · Heisig RSH #806
人 person + candlestick
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 住
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经不住 | jīng bu zhù | to be unable to bear |
| 对不住 | duì bu zhù | to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal) |
| 原住民族 | yuán zhù mín zú | original inhabitant; indigenous people |
| 保不住 | bǎo bu zhù | cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well |
| 纸包不住火 | zhǐ bāo bu zhù huǒ | the truth will come out eventually; a secret can't be kept forever |
| 不住 | bù zhù | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuous… |
| 住区 | zhù qū | living area |
| 住海边 | zhù hǎi biān | (fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other peop… |
| 吃不住 | chī bu zhù | to be unable to bear or support |
| 住地 | zhù dì | living area; residential area |
| 原住民 | yuán zhù mín | indigenous peoples; aborigine |
| 住家 | zhù jiā | residence; household; to reside |
| 白住 | bái zhù | to live (somewhere) for free |
| 记不住 | jì bu zhù | can't remember |
| 衣食住行 | yī shí zhù xíng | (lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); (fig.) people's basic needs |
| 食衣住行 | shí yī zhù xíng | see 衣食住行[yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2] |
| 住手 | zhù shǒu | to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand |
| 住口 | zhù kǒu | shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking |
| 包吃包住 | bāo chī bāo zhù | to provide full board |
| 打住 | dǎ zhù | to stop; to halt |