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Character Decomposition
住=亻+主
Etymology
A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings
to live; to reside; to stay
to stop; to cease
(result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
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Words with 住 203 total
(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc) · repeatedly; continuously; constantly不住bù zhùto stop · to halt打住dǎ zhùto entangle · to hinder · to impede movement绊住bàn zhùto detain · to hold back by force · to buckle · to hook扣住kòu zhùto ask sb to stay · to keep sb for the night · to await (classical)留住liú zhùto dwell · to live栖住qī zhùto migrate · to resettle移住yí zhùto stop · to halt · to cease停住tíng zhùto come to a stop; to halt · to keep one's footing; to stay upright · (fig.) to hold one's ground; to gain a firm foothold · (of an assertion etc) to hold up; to be tenable站住zhàn zhùto administer a monastery Buddhist or Daoist · abbot · head monk住持zhù chíresidence; dwelling住处zhù chùto attend boarding school住读zhù dúhousing住房zhù fánghousehold · inhabitant · householder住户zhù hùresidence · household · to reside住家zhù jiā(old) to halt · to stop住脚zhù jiǎoto live · to reside住居zhù jūshut up · shut your mouth · stop talking住口zhù kǒuto desist · to stop · to stay one's hand住手zhù shǒuto stay at · lodging · accommodation住宿zhù sùhabitation · dwelling place · residence · CL: chù住所zhù suǒto stay in hospital; to be hospitalized住院zhù yuàn
Idioms with 住 8 total Chain
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