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 27188 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".]

我哋唔可以畀佢死住粵
We can't let him die yet.
[Lit. 住 here means "yet"; 畀 indicates the passive voice and does NOT mean give.]

唔好嘈住我啦，唔知有幾多嘢做粵 ?!
Don't disturb me, I'm up to my eyes in work.
[Lit. don't disturb me, don't know how-much work [to] do.]

佢成日掛住去蒲，唔想返學。粵
He'd rather go out partying than go to school.
[Lit. He always miss hang out, not want return school. Less idiomatically: He misses hanging out, he doesn't want to go to school. See http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,134171,page=1]

啲湯熱得滯！唔好飲住。粵 ?!
The soup's too hot! Don't drink it yet.
[Lit. [plural counter] soup hot too-much. Don't eat [extensional-aspect particle] him.]

你哋兩個嘈得滯，唔好嘈住我。粵
You two are too noisy, don't disturb me.

我問佢跟住去邊度。粵
I asked him where to go next.
[Cantonese grammar has the adverb 邊度 (where) placed at the end of sentence.]

佢喺多倫多住咗十年喇。粵
He has lived in Toronto for ten years.
[喇 means "by now" in the sentence, indicating sth in the present. Cutting off 喇, the sentence would mean "He lived in Toronto for ten years", indicating sth of the past.]

挾住本書返學粵
He went to school with a book held under his arm.

因住畀門挾嚫隻手粵
Beware of the door which might squash your hand.

囉條繩緙住唔畀人入去粵
Encircle it with ropes to bar people from entry.

緊要家陣開始努力溫書，考試過唔過到骨至少對得住自己良心。粵

地板好跣腳，因住躀低粵
The floor is slippery. Be careful not to slip and fall.

佢枕住健身個肌肉都係咁鬆婄,只得半粒老鼠仔咋粵
He has been working out for a long time, yet his muscles are still soft, with only half-developed biceps.

個肥仔出力噉𨅝住部三輪車粵
The fat guy is pedalling furiously on his tricycle.

間工廠畀火燒，旁邊嘅住宅都殃及池魚粵
The nearby houses were not spared when the factory caught fire.

隻杯放到咁𠍁，因住𢱕落嚟。粵
The cup is placed so close to the edge, be careful or it might just fall off.

我啲手下辦事不力，好對唔住粵
My subordinates did not do a good job, so sorry.

靚女一上車，小巴上嘅麻甩仔都打雀噉眼望住佢粵
The sleazy guys on the minibus were gawking at the pretty girl the moment she boards

而家唔好買住，遲啲啲嘢就會喊冷㗎喇。粵
Do not buy now; they will soon be slashing the prices.

真係住得背，而家先知佢移民咗！粵
I am really not well informed. It is now that I learn he has migrated.

佢挽住個手袋過馬路粵
She was crossing the road while carrying a handbag.

佢揸住國旗搰嚟搰去粵
He is swaying the flag that is in his hands.

佢住喺座山度，不知幾咁隔涉，連車都行唔到粵
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.

我未試過對我老婆唔住，你呢？粵
I have never cheated on my wife, (how about) you? [Literally] I haven't tried (and did something that I) cannot face to my wife, you?
[whether it means "cannot face to/cannot confront with" or "sorry",to 對唔住 someone you're romantically involved,it mostly refers to you "cheat". Otherwise, it can means you did something that disappointed the other or you let someone down.]

跟住落嚟，受害者… 粵
Carrying on, the victims...

琴晚佢飲到好醉，跟住鹹鹹濕濕噉搓我女朋友對波。粵
Last night he got really drunk and then lecherously fondled my girlfriend's breasts.
[Further discussion: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84284,111096#msg-111096]

佢撻住對波鞋行商場。粵
He shuffled around the mall with the backs of his sneakers trodden down.

聽日嘅聚會﹐我會戴住你送嘅頸鏈。粵
At tomorrow's gathering, I will be wearing the necklace you gave me.
[住 (-ing) is a durative marker in a future tense sentence here.]

個老婆大人矋住佢，佢又點敢出聲吖粵
How would he be so daring as to utter a word, under the staring eyes of his wife.

自從新聞報道話椰子又好又盛, 呢一帶食肆都食住條水, 推出各種各樣同椰子有關嘅小食。粵
Ever since the news reported that coconuts were good and all, the entire stretch of eateries here seize the opportunity to serve snacks made from coconuts.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137972,137975#msg-137975]

跟住個報廢及消帳手續去做就啱㗎喇粵
Follow the condemnation and write-off procedures and you can't go wrong.

呢度嘅住客都穿著禮服為主，盡顯其顯赫份粵
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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