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住 zhù

to live

Strokes
7
Level
HSK 1
Radical
亻
Type
Ideograph
Made of 亻主 ⿰亻主

Memory hint: A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation

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Example sentences with 住

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  1. 我住在北京。
    Wǒ zhù zài Běijīng.
    I live in Beijing.
    i live at beijing
  2. 你住在哪儿?
    Nǐ zhù zài nǎr?
    Where do you live?
    you live at where (question)
  3. 今晚你就住我家吧。
    Jīnwǎn nǐ jiù zhù wǒ jiā ba.
    Just stay at my place tonight.
    tonight you then live my home (suggestion)
  4. 他现在不住在这儿了。
    Tā xiànzài bú zhù zài zhèr le.
    He doesn't live here anymore.
    he now not live at here (particle)
  5. 上个月我搬到了新住宅。
    Shàng ge yuè wǒ bāndàole xīn zhùzhái.
    Last month I moved into a new residence.
    last (measure) month i moved-to (particle) new residence

Words with 住 (6)