居
住

To reside in Chinese: 居住 (jū zhù)

jū zhù

to reside

HSK 3.0 Level 41 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to reside
  2. 2to dwell
  3. 3to live in a place
  4. 4resident in

Stroke order

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居
住

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄩ

jū

ㄐ/ jㄩ/ ü—/ first tone

ㄓㄨˋ

zhù

ㄓ/ zhㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他在这座城市居住了十年。

    tā zài zhè zuò chéng shì jū zhù le shí nián。

    He has lived in this city for ten years.

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Related words

住

zhù

to live

邻居

lín jū

neighbor

居然

jū rán

unexpectedly

记住

jì zhu

to remember

站住

zhàn zhù

to stand

住房

zhù fáng

housing

住院

zhù yuàn

to be in hospital

抓住

zhuā zhù

to grab hold of

居民

jū mín

resident

住宅

zhù zhái

residence

定居

dìng jū

to settle (in some city, country etc)

住处

zhù chù

residence

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