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)

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• 吃得住 to be able to bear
• 围住(圍住) to surround; to gird
• 住建部 Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the PRC (MOHURD)
• 住脚(住腳) (old) to halt; to stop
• 安住 to reside; to dwell
• 记住(記住) to remember
• 挺住 to stand firm; to stand one's ground (in the face of adversity or pain)
• 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
• 住屋 a residence
• 站不住 unable to stand up
• 住房 housing
• 住宅楼(住宅樓) residential building
• 迷住 to fascinate; to strongly attract; to obsess; to infatuate; to captivate; to enchant
• 管住嘴迈开腿(管住嘴邁開腿) shut your mouth, move your legs (motto for losing weight)
• 环住(環住) to embrace
• 住客 hotel guest; tenant
• 揪住 to grab
• 原住民族 original inhabitant; indigenous people
• 黏住 cling
• 靠得住 reliable
• 扎住 to stop
• 包住 to envelop; to wrap; to enclose
• 住校 to board at school
• 禁得住 can be restrained; can be tolerated
• 住户(住戶) household; inhabitant; householder
• 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
• 夹住(夾住) to grip
• 沉住气(沉住氣) to keep cool; to stay calm
• 记不住(記不住) can't remember
• 掐住 to pinch; to clamp
• 扯住 to pull tight
• 留住 to ask somebody to stay; to keep somebody for the night; to await (classical)
• 居住 to reside; to dwell
• 暂住证(暫住證) temporary residence permit
• 羁住(羈住) to keep in custody
• 堵住 to block up
• 沉不住气(沉不住氣) to lose one's cool; to get impatient; unable to remain calm
• 常住论(常住論) eternalism
• 站住 stop
• 捉住 to catch; to grapple with; to hold onto
• 按捺不住 to be unable to hold back
• 住居 to live; to reside
• 握住 to grip; to hold
• 住手 to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand
• 禁不住 can't help it; can't bear it
• 停住 to stop; to halt; to cease
• 僵住症 catalepsy
• 没人住(沒人住) unoccupied
• 拖住 to hold up; to hinder; to stall

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有佛无佛性相常住 、 把住放行

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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
• 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
• 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
• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 16
• 第二回 Chapter 4 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 16
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — 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
• 亮住 (亮住) 丞相亮住漢中 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十二 蜀書十二　　杜周杜許孟來尹李譙郤傳 Volume 42: Book of Shu 12 - Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao, and Xi — count: 4
• 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
• 住钟 (住鐘) 維卻住鍾題 — 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: 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
• 太尉住 (太尉住) 太尉住蓋下 — 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: 2