zhù

to live; to reside

Type: VerbsHSK 1
Character origin

Radical 亻 (person) + 主 (main, phonetic). The main person settles down in a place — to live.

Did you know?

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'.

Radicals it's made of
rénperson
zhǔmaster
Example sentence

我住在北京。

Wǒ zhù zài Běijīng.

I live in Beijing.

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