zhù

to live

to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

person (亻) + master/center (主) = to reside and stay put

主 originally depicted a flame on a lamp stand — the fixed, central light of a home. A person rooted to that flame is one who belongs there, settled in place.

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MasterSemantic
A personSemantic

Words with 住

遮住

zhē zhù

to cover (up)

钳住

qián zhù

to clamp down; to suppress

钩住

gōu zhù

to hook onto

镇住

zhèn zhù

to dominate

镇得住

zhèn de zhù

to manage to suppress

难住

nán zhù

to baffle; to stump

顶住

dǐng zhù

to withstand

食衣住行

shí yī zhù xíng

see 衣食住行[yi1 shi2 zhu4 xing2]

黏住

nián zhù

cling

不住

bù zhù

(verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc)

不管白猫黑猫,捉住老鼠就是好猫

bù guǎn bái māo hēi māo , zhuō zhù lǎo shǔ jiù shì hǎo māo

it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity)

住宅楼

zhù zhái lóu

residential building

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