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

这道题把我难住了。

Zhè dào tí bǎ wǒ nánzhù le.

This problem stumped me.

他的问题难不住老师。

Tā de wèntí nán bu zhù lǎoshī.

His question can't stump the teacher.

Tips

grammar

难住 is a 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