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  zyu6   jyutping
  zhu4   pinyin
[1] [v] live; reside; stay; dwell; inhabit [2] stop; cease [3] verb particle marking the extensional aspect

Stroke count: 7
Level: 2
Radical: (#9)

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

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This word has been viewed 27020 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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detail  deoi3 m4 zyu6  dui4 m2 zhu4 = sorry; excuse me
detail  zyu6 zoi6  zhu4 zai4 = live at; live in
detail  zyu6 hai2  zhu4 zi2 = live at; live in
detail  zyu6 hau2   = shut up, stop talking
detail  zyu6 sau2   = to stop; to stay one's hand
detail  gan6 zyu6   = near something; close to something
detail  gei3 zyu6  ji4 zhu4 = to learn by heart; to memorize; to remember
detail  geoi1 zyu6  ju1 zhu4 = to reside
detail 𥄫  gap6 zyu6 keoi5   = watch after him
detail  zyu6 wu6  zhu4 hu4 = household
See all 169 compounds (CantoDict reports 177 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 43 examples containing 住
detail 阻住溫書真係唔好意思
Sorry for interrupting your studies!
[Lit. block you revise [particle], really sorry. Standard Chinese:打擾你溫習,真不好意思]
detail audio 記住多啲牛奶
Remember to drink more milk!
detail audio 住喺隔籬
He lives next door
detail audio 東區
I've been living in the East End
detail audio 唔該搦住!
Would you please hold the umbrella for me!
detail audio
Paper cannot wrap fire.
[Subtext: a secret cannot be kept forever.]
detail 日日掛住
Every day, my mind is on playing.
detail 街燈照住黑暗角落
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.
detail 頭盔但係唔係好
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.]
detail 根本阻住
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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