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)
  7. zhù adjective attaching; abiding; dwelling on
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: √vas, or: sthiti, or: pratiṣṭhita, Pali: P. ṭhiti, Japanese: jū, Tibetan: gnas pa; an adjective meaning 'standing, stationed, placed, situated in or on.' (BCSD '住', p. 110; BL 'sthiti'; Kroll 2015 '住' drjuH 2, p. 618; MW 'pratiSThita'; SH '住', p. 224)

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