住

zhù

verb HSK 1 #209

Meanings

1 to live
2 to reside
3 to stay

Characters

to live; to stay; to stop

Person radical 亻+ 主 (master) — a person who is master of a place lives there

Examples

你住在哪里？

Nǐ zhù zài nǎlǐ?

Where do you live?

我住在北京。

Wǒ zhù zài Běijīng.

I live in Beijing.

他住在学校。

Tā zhù zài xuéxiào.

He lives at the school.

Tips

grammar

住 as a complement after verbs means 'firmly' or 'to hold steady': 记住 (remember firmly), 抓住 (grab hold of), 站住 (stand still/halt).

Stroke Order

住 zhù