住
zhù
to live; to reside
Type: VerbsHSK 1
Radical 亻 (person) + 主 (main, phonetic). The main person settles down in a place — to live.
Besides 'to live', it also means 'to stop' (住手 = stop your hand). For accommodation, 住 means 'to stay' and 生活 (shēnghuó) means 'to live life'.
亻rénperson
主zhǔmaster
我住在北京。
Wǒ zhù zài Běijīng.
I live in Beijing.
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