住
zhù HSK1

reside

住 zhù
live verb
to live, dwell, reside, or stay at a place

他在这个繁华的城市住了很多年，早已经适应了这里的节奏。

tā zài zhè​ge fán​huá de chéng​shì zhù le hěn​duō nián, zǎo yǐ​jīng shì​yìng le zhè​lǐ de jié​zòu.

He has lived in this bustling city for many years and has long since adapted to its pace.

firmly verb
verbal suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt

这个行李箱非常沉，请你一定要帮我用力拿住它。

zhè​ge xíng​li​xiāng fēi​cháng chén, qǐng nǐ yī​dìng yào bāng wǒ yòng​lì ná zhù tā.

This suitcase is very heavy; please make sure you hold onto it firmly for me.

stop verb
to stop or cease an action or state

等外面的瓢泼大雨彻底住了，我们就立刻开车前往机场。

děng wài​miàn de piáo​pō​dà​yǔ chè​dǐ zhù le, wǒ​men jiù lì​kè kāi​chē qián​wǎng jī​chǎng.

As soon as the pouring rain outside stops completely, we will drive to the airport immediately.

Frequency
Character
Written text
309th most common 715.8 per million
Movie subtitles
215th most common 821.5 per million appears in 96% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
584.3 per million appears in 83% of films
Written text
301.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+4F4F

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)