住

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to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation

Components 亻主

dwell · Heisig RSH #806

人 person + candlestick

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
记住	jì zhu	to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
经不住	jīng bu zhù	to be unable to bear
对不住	duì bu zhù	to let sb down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal)
原住民族	yuán zhù mín zú	original inhabitant; indigenous people
保不住	bǎo bu zhù	cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well
纸包不住火	zhǐ bāo bu zhù huǒ	the truth will come out eventually; a secret can't be kept forever
不住	bù zhù	(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuous…
住区	zhù qū	living area
住海边	zhù hǎi biān	(fig.) (slang) to stick one's nose in other people's affairs (i.e. the scope of other peop…
吃不住	chī bu zhù	to be unable to bear or support
住地	zhù dì	living area; residential area
原住民	yuán zhù mín	indigenous peoples; aborigine
住家	zhù jiā	residence; household; to reside
白住	bái zhù	to live (somewhere) for free
记不住	jì bu zhù	can't remember
衣食住行	yī shí zhù xíng	(lit.) clothing, food, housing and transportation (idiom); (fig.) people's basic needs
食衣住行	shí yī zhù xíng	see 衣食住行[yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2]
住手	zhù shǒu	to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand
住口	zhù kǒu	shut up; shut your mouth; stop talking
包吃包住	bāo chī bāo zhù	to provide full board