HSK 1 · Daily routine

住

zhù

to live (somewhere)

Stroke order of 住

住 is written with 7 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A person "亻" who is master "主" of a house is someone who lives there.

Parts: 亻 person + 主 master; owner

Example sentence

你住在哪儿？

Where do you live?

Words with 住

记住to remember; to memorize 住院to be in hospital 住房housing 站住to stop; halt 抓住to catch hold of

More words: Daily routine

起床to get up 起to get up; to rise 起来to get up; to rise 睡to sleep 睡觉to sleep 穿to wear; to put on 衣服clothes 休息to rest 放to put; to place 拿to take; to hold 找to look for 找到to find

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