Word and Radical Components of 握住
The Chinese word 握住 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.
握住 ⇨ 握 + 住
Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
握 |
wò |
1. to hold in the hand; to grip; to grasp |
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2. to control |
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3. (zh-used, 握齪) |
住 |
zhù |
1. to live; to dwell; to reside | |
我 住 喺 香港。 - I live in Hong Kong. |
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2. to stay |
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讓 愛 住 我 家 - Let love stay at/fill our home, ref=赵明, 《让爱住我家》 |
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3. to stop; to cease |
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4. (Verb suffix indicating firmness, steadiness or coming to a halt.) |
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5. (Cantonese) (Verb suffix indicating ongoing action's status.) |
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戴 住 眼 鏡 - wearing glasses |
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唔好 去 住 先。 - (For now) don't go. |
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6. (attention, zh, also "to inhabit/live in"?) |
握 ⇨ 扌 + 屋
Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
手 |
shǒu |
1. hand |
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2. expert; master |
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高手 - master |
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3. -ist; -er |
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歌手 - singer |
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4. convenient; handy; portable |
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手機 - mobile phone |
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手冊 - handbook |
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5. handwritten |
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6. (Min Nan) luck in gambling |
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7. (Mainland China Hokkien) |
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8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) hidden part (general) |
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9. (finance) |
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10. usage. In many varieties of Chinese south of the Yangtze River, 手 refers to the arm and hand collectively. |
屋 |
wū |
1. house | |
全 屋 冇 窗 - there is not a single window in the entire house |
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2. room |
住 ⇨ 亻 + 主
Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
亻 |
rén |
1. Side form of the person (人) radical. |
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2. usage. Only used as a component in a character. Referred to as 單人旁. |
主 |
zhǔ |
1. owner; master | |
2. host |
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3. (archaic, honorific) you (honorific second-person pronoun addressing a "senior official" (zh-m, *大夫) or his spouse) |
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4. (Christianity, Islam) Lord |
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5. emperor |
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6. (colloquial, pejorative) person of a specified type |
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7. agent; agency |
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主動 - active |
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主體 - subject (one who possesses agency) |
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8. party; entity |
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事主 - party (in a dispute, especially the one bringing forth the dispute) |
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9. main; primary; principal; major |
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主要 - main |
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主演 - leading actor |
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主修 - major curriculum |
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10. to be in charge; to lead; to command |
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主事 - to be in charge |
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11. to indicate; to signify |
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12. (grammar) (zh-short, 主語) |
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13. (historical) (zh-short, 公主) |
zhù |
14. Alternative form of 注 (to pour into) |
屋 ⇨ 尸 + 至
Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
尸 |
shī |
1. corpse |
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2. (historical) a living person who represents the dead person during a rite |
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3. dead body |
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4. Simplified form of 屍 |
至 |
zhì |
1. to reach; to arrive | |
2. extreme; most |
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3. (literary, or in compounds) extreme point; limit |
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4. from … to … |
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5. from … to … (a time) |
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6. 三 至 五月 - from March to May |
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7. from … to … (a place) |
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8. (Cantonese) only then |
dié |
9. (zh-only, 單至) |
主 ⇨ 丶 + 王
Component |
Pinyin |
Meanings |
丶 |
zhǔ |
1. dot |
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2. (An ancient punctuation mark.) |
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3. Alternative form of 主 (-) |
王 |
wáng |
1. king; monarch | |
國王 - king (of a nation) |
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周 成 王 - King Cheng of Zhou |
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這 位 男孩 被 擁立 為wéi 王。 - The boy was proclaimed king. |
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2. duke; prince |
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王侯 - nobles; aristocrats, lit=princes and marquises |
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親王 - prince |
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秦 王 李 世-民 - Li Shimin, the Prince of Qin |
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3. best or strongest of its kind |
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拳王 - boxing champion |
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百獸 之 王 是 獅子 還是 老虎? - Is the lion or the tiger the king of beasts? |
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4. chief; head; ringleader |
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擒賊先擒王 - to defeat the enemy, first catch their chief |
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5. (chess) king |
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6. (graph theory) king (a vertex in a directed graph which can reach every other vertex via a path with a length of at most 2) |
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任意 競賽圖 都 有 一 個 王。 - In every tournament there exists a king. |
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Wang; Wong; Ong; Heng |
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王 勃 - Wang Bo (Tang dynasty poet) |
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王 延-政 - Wang Yanzheng (Emperor of Min) |