住 (zyu6 | zhu4) : live, reside, stay

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住

zyu6

zhu4

[1] [v] live; reside; stay; dwell; inhabit [2] stop; cease [3] verb particle marking the extensional aspect

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

住

Don't confuse with:
往佳

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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對唔住 deoi3 m4 zyu6 dui4 m2 zhu4 = sorry; excuse me 粵

住在 zyu6 zoi6 zhu4 zai4 = live at; live in

住喺 zyu6 hai2 zhu4 zi2 = live at; live in 粵

住口 zyu6 hau2 = shut up, stop talking 國

住手 zyu6 sau2 = to stop; to stay one's hand 國

近住 gan6 zyu6 = near something; close to something 粵

記住 gei3 zyu6 ji4 zhu4 = to learn by heart; to memorize; to remember

居住 geoi1 zyu6 ju1 zhu4 = to reside

𥄫住佢 gap6 zyu6 keoi5 = watch after him 粵

住戶 zyu6 wu6 zhu4 hu4 = household
See all 169 compounds (CantoDict reports 177 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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阻住你溫書啊，真係唔好意思粵
Sorry for interrupting your studies!
[Lit. block you revise [particle], really sorry. Standard Chinese:打擾你溫習，真不好意思]

記住飲多啲牛奶呀！粵
Remember to drink more milk!

佢住喺隔籬粵
He lives next door

我住開東區粵
I've been living in the East End

唔該幫我搦住把遮! 粵
Would you please hold the umbrella for me!

紙係包唔住火。粵
Paper cannot wrap fire.
[Subtext: a secret cannot be kept forever.]

我日日掛住去玩。粵
Every day, my mind is on playing.

一盞好光嘅街燈﹐照住黑暗嘅角落。粵
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.

佢戴住一頂頭盔，但係唔係好型粵
He's wearing a helmet but it doesn't look too good on him.
[Lit. He wear-continue one [counter] helmet, however not-very stylish.]

我根本阻住唔到佢粵
I just wasn't able to stop him.
[Lit. I basically block-not-arrive him. The construction verb-m4-dou2 indicates an inability to complete the action. So, block-not-arrive is idiomatically "unable to block".]

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