居住
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 6
居住 (jūzhù) · to live
居住 (jūzhù) means “to live; to reside”. It is written with 2 characters: 居 (to live) + 住 (to live). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 居住 is built
The characters
居 jū · to live
What 居 is made of
- 户hù — a household
- 古gǔ — old
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
Origin hint: 户 gives the meaning, 古 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
住 zhù · to live
What 住 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 主zhǔ — to own
- 丶 — dot
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
Origin hint: A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他一直居住在北京。Tā yīzhí jūzhù zài Běijīng.He has always lived in Beijing.
这里的居住环境很好。Zhèlǐ de jūzhù huánjìng hěn hǎo.The living environment here is very good.
Questions about 居住
What does 居住 mean?
居住 (jūzhù) means “to live; to reside”.
How do you pronounce 居住?
居住 is pronounced jūzhù.
Which HSK level is 居住?
居住 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 居民jūmínresident
- 邻居línjūneighbor
- 居然jūránunexpectedly
- 记住jìzhuto remember
- 站住zhànzhùto stop
- 住房zhùfánghousing
- 住院zhùyuànto be in hospital
- 抓住zhuāzhùto catch hold of
- 忍不住rěnbuzhùcan't help (doing)
- 住宅zhùzháiresidence
Learn 居住 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 21: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.