住
zhù
to live
to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)
你住在哪个城市？
nǐ zhù zài nǎ ge chéng shì？
Which city do you live in?
他抓住绳子，没有掉下去。
tā zhuā zhù shéng zi，méi yǒu diào xià qù。
He grabbed hold of the rope and did not fall down.
Words with 住
遮住
zhē zhù
to cover (up)
钳住
qián zhù
to clamp down; to suppress
钩住
gōu zhù
to hook onto
镇住
zhèn zhù
to dominate
镇得住
zhèn de zhù
to manage to suppress
难住
nán zhù
to baffle; to stump
顶住
dǐng zhù
to withstand
食衣住行
shí yī zhù xíng
see 衣食住行[yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2]
黏住
nián zhù
cling
不住
bù zhù
(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc)
不管白猫黑猫，捉住老鼠就是好猫
bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo
it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)
住宅楼
zhù zhái lóu
residential building