站住

zhànzhù

verb HSK 2 #2,831

Meanings

1 to stop; to stand still
2 halt!

Characters

to stop; to hold firm

Examples

站住！别跑！

Zhàn zhù! Bié pǎo!

Stop! Don't run!

他突然站住了。

Tā tūrán zhàn zhù le.

He suddenly stopped.

Tips

grammar

住 as a result complement means "firmly" or "to a stop": 站住 (stand still), 记住 (remember firmly), 抓住 (grab hold of), 拿住 (hold onto). It indicates something is fixed in place.

Stroke Order

站 zhàn

住 zhù