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站住

zhànzhù
verb HSK 2 #2,831

Meanings

  1. 1 to stop; to stand still
  2. 2 halt!

Examples

HSK 1
站住！别跑！
Zhànzhù! Bié pǎo!
Stop! Don't run!
HSK 3
他突然站住了。
Tā tūrán zhànzhù le.
He suddenly stopped.
HSK 3
他一看见警察，就站住了。
Tā yí kànjiàn jǐngchá, jiù zhànzhù le.
The moment he saw the police, he 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