住 zhù

1. zhù verb to dwell; to live; to reside
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 居留 (Guoyu '住' v 1; Kroll 2015 '住' drjuH 1, p. 618; Unihan '住'; XHZD '住' 1, p. 996)
2. zhù verb to stop; to halt
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: In the sense of 停止 (Guoyu '住' v 3; Kroll 2015 '住' trjuH 2, p. 618; XHZD '住' 2, p. 996)
3. zhù verb to retain; to remain
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '住' trjuH 1, p. 618)
4. zhù verb to lodge at [temporarily]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 歇宿 (Guoyu '住' v 2; Kroll 2015 '住' trjuH 1a, p. 618; Unihan '住')
5. zhù adverb firmly; securely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 牢固 (Guoyu '住' adv 1)
6. zhù verb verb complement
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: As a complement of result 住 means that something stays in place or in its present condition via the action of the verb preceding it (XHZD '住' 3, p. 996)

Contained in

• 羁住(羈住) to keep in custody
• 住屋 a residence
• 不住 repeatedly; continuously; constantly ; unable to not [resist]
• 围住(圍住) to surround; to gird
• 住手 to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand
• 拖住 to hold up; to hinder; to stall
• 进住(進住) to enter and remain in
• 咽住(嚥住) to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
• 且住 stop
• 管住嘴迈开腿(管住嘴邁開腿) shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
• 住院 to be in hospital; to be hospitalized
• 掐住 to pinch; to clamp
• 抵住 to resist; to press against; to brace
• 缠住(纏住) to wrap around
• 住客 hotel guest; tenant
• 衣食住行 clothing, food, housing and transport; people's basic needs
• 沉得住气(沉得住氣) to stay calm; to keep one's composure
• 挂住(掛住) to get caught (entangled); to catch
• 站住 stop
• 借住 to lodge
• 住区(住區) living area
• 居住地 current address; place of residence
• 停住 to stop; to halt; to cease
• 住宅泡沫 housing bubble
• 搂住(摟住) to hold in one's arms; to embrace
• 住舍 house; residence
• 舍不得孩子套不住狼(捨不得孩子套不住狼) one who is not prepared to risk his child will never catch the wolf
• 忍不住 cannot help; unable to bear
• 卡住 to jam; to choke; to clutch
• 戳不住 not up to it; cannot stand the test
• 粘住 to stick to firmly
• 对不住(對不住) to let somebody down; to be unfair; I'm sorry; pardon me (formal)
• 居住者 inhabitant
• 钳住(鉗住) to clamp down; to suppress
• 不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫(不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓) it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black
• 白住 to live (somewhere) for free
• 包住 to envelop; to wrap; to enclose
• 靠不住 unreliable
• 经不住(經不住) to be unable to bear
• 煞住 to brake; to stop; to forbid
• 吸住 to draw (towards); to be drawn to; to be sucked in
• 住院部 inpatient department
• 住处(住處) residence; dwelling
• 食衣住行 basic necessities of life
• 把住 to guard
• 住宅楼(住宅樓) residential building
• 住脚(住腳) (old) to halt; to stop
• 捱不住 cannot endure
• 住址 address; dwelling
• 站不住脚(站不住腳) ill-founded; groundless

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• 卷一百三十六　列傳第二十三: 哈剌哈孫 阿沙不花 拜住 Volume 136 Biographies 23: Halahasun, Ashabuhua, Baizhu History of Yuan 元史 — count: 43
• 卷一百十三　表第六下: 宰相年表二 Volume 113 Tables 8: Chancellors 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 31
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 29
• 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 23
• 卷一百十九　列傳第五十七:　粘葛奴申 劉天起 完顏婁室三人大婁室、中婁室、小婁室 烏古論鎬 張天綱 完顏仲德 Volume 119 Biographies 57: Zhange Nushen, Liu Tianqi, WanyanLoushisanrendaloushi, Zhong Loushi, Xiao Loushi, Wu Gu Lungao, Zhang Tiangang, Wanyan Zhongde History of Jin 金史 — count: 19
• 卷一百十二　表第六上: 宰相年表一 Volume 112 Tables 7: Chancellors 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 19
• 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 19
• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 16
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 16
• 第二回 Chapter 4 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 16

Collocations

• 住汉中 (住漢中) 住漢中 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十一 蜀書一 劉二牧傳 Volume 31: Book of Shu 1 - Biographies of the two Governor Lius — count: 7
• 屯住 (屯住) 屯住扶風 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷六 魏書六 董二袁劉傳 Volume 6: Book of Wei 6 - Biographies of Dong, the two Yuans, and Liu — count: 4
• 住止 (住止) 道住止而待之 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 — count: 3
• 住盖 (住蓋) 太常住蓋下 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第五 禮儀中 立夏 請雨 拜皇太子 拜王公 桃印 黃郊 立秋 貙劉 案戶 祠星 立冬 冬至 臘 大儺 土牛 遣衛士 朝會 Volume 95: Etiquette Part Two — count: 3
• 住车 (住車) 輙住車呼問 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷五 魏書五 后妃傳 Volume 5: Book of Wei 5 - Biographies of empresses and concubines — count: 3
• 住涪江 (住涪江) 住涪 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十三 蜀書三 後主傳 Volume 33: Book of Shu 3 - Biography of the Later Lord — count: 3
• 住荆州 (住荊州) 住荊州東界 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三十一 蜀書一 劉二牧傳 Volume 31: Book of Shu 1 - Biographies of the two Governor Lius — count: 2
• 住山 (住山) 果乘白鵠住山顛 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 2
• 白鹄住 (白鵠住) 果乘白鵠住山顛 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng — count: 2
• 住十 (住十) 住十餘歲更起隄 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十九 溝洫志 Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals — count: 2