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站住

zhànzhù

to stop

A person stopping another walker
Memory picture

Characters in this word

站 zhàn

Strokes
10
Radical
立 — to stand
Made of
立 to stand 占 to divine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

住 zhù

Strokes
7
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 主 master, host
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 请你站住。 Qǐng nǐ zhànzhù. Please stop.
  • 你快站住。 Nǐ kuài zhànzhù. Stop quickly.
  • 别跑站住。 Bié pǎo zhànzhù. Do not run, stop.

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