HSK 2 · Coming & going

站住

zhàn zhù

to stop; halt

Stroke order of 站住

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

站 · 10 strokes 住 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

Stand (站) still (住): halt.

Parts: 站 stand + 住 stay

The characters in 站住

站 zhàn — station; to stand (10 strokes)
住 zhù — to live (somewhere) (7 strokes)

Example sentence

站住！不要动！

Stop! Don't move!

Words with 站

车站station; bus stop 站station; to stand 火车站train station 网站website 地铁站subway station

Words with 住

住to live (somewhere)记住to remember; to memorize 住院to be in hospital 住房housing 抓住to catch hold of

More words: Coming & going

进入to enter 离开to leave 走过to walk past 走进to walk into 走开to go away 过来to come over 经过to pass; through 通过to pass; by means of 通to connect; to go through 停to stop 排row; to line up 排队to queue 靠to lean on; to depend on 身边by one's side

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