居 jū
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 户 — door
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
居高不下
jūgāobúxià
to remain high; to stay elevated
Characters in this word
高 gāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 高 — tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
不 bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 房价居高不下，使许多年轻人推迟了购房计划。 Fángjià jūgāo bú xià, shǐ xǔduō niánqīngrén tuīchí le gòufáng jìhuà. Housing prices remain high, causing many young people to postpone their plans to buy a home.
- 最近菜价居高不下，大家都买得少了。 Zuìjìn càijià jūgāobúxià, dàjiā dōu mǎi de shǎo le. Vegetable prices have stayed high lately, and everyone is buying less.
- 这个城市的失业率一直居高不下。 Zhège chéngshì de shīyèlǜ yìzhí jūgāobúxià. This city's unemployment rate has remained high all along.
Related words
- 居民 jūmín resident
- 居住 jūzhù to live; to reside
- 居然 jūrán unexpectedly
- 邻居 línjū neighbor
- 家居 jiājū household, home
- 定居 dìngjū to settle down; to take up residence
- 居安思危 jū'ānsīwēi to think of danger in times of safety; to be prepared for danger in peace
- 居于 jūyú to be in; to occupy a position
- 民居 mínjū residential dwelling; folk house
- 宜居 yíjū liveable; suitable for living
- 高 gāo tall, high
- 高兴 gāoxìng happy, glad