驻足
zhùzú
to stop and linger; to halt one’s steps
Characters in this word
足 zú
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 许多游客在老照片前驻足，因为它们记录了城市消失的街景。 Xǔduō yóukè zài lǎo zhàopiàn qián zhùzú, yīnwèi tāmen jìlù le chéngshì xiāoshī de jiējǐng. Many tourists stopped in front of the old photographs because they recorded vanished street scenes of the city.
- 街头艺人的精彩表演让路人纷纷驻足观看。 Jiētóu yìrén de jīngcǎi biǎoyǎn ràng lùrén fēnfēn zhùzú guānkàn. The street performer's brilliant act made passers-by stop one after another to watch.
- 看着墙上孩子小时候的照片，妈妈驻足良久。 Kànzhe qiáng shàng háizi xiǎoshíhou de zhàopiàn, māma zhùzú liángjiǔ. Looking at the photo of her child's early years on the wall, the mother stood there for a long while.
Related words
- 驻 zhù to be stationed; to be posted
- 驻扎 zhùzhā to station; to be stationed
- 满足 mǎnzú satisfied; to satisfy
- 足够 zúgòu enough
- 足球 zúqiú football
- 不足 bùzú not enough
- 充足 chōngzú enough; sufficient
- 十足 shízú full of; complete
- 足 zú foot, sufficient; sufficiently, fully
- 足以 zúyǐ sufficient to, enough to
- 长足 chángzú considerable; substantial
- 富足 fùzú prosperous; abundant; well-off