难住

難住

nánzhù

verb

Meanings

1 to baffle
2 to stump
3 to leave (someone) at a loss

Characters

to halt; resultative complement

Examples

HSK 2

他的问题难不住老师。

Tā de wèntí nán bu zhù lǎoshī.

His question can't stump the teacher.

HSK 3

这道题把我难住了。

Zhè dào tí bǎ wǒ nánzhù le.

This problem stumped me.

Tips

grammar

难住 is 难 (difficult) + 住 (resultative complement: 'to fix in place'). The 住 here means the difficulty 'pins someone down' - the same 住 as in 记住 'to remember-and-hold' or 抓住 'to seize-and-hold'.

Stroke Order

难 nán

住 zhù