Taxonomy of meanings for 住:　　

  • 住 zhù (OC: tos MC: ʈio) 中句切 去 廣韻：【停手又長句切 】
    • BE IN
      • vtoNfigurativeconsist in
    • ENDURING
      • nabfeaturepermance
      • vtoNlast (for such-and-such a time)
    • TIE TO
      • LIVE
        • vibe alive
      • REMAIN
        • nabbuddhistBUDDH: continuation, sustaining (of exisitence) (as part of the four phases of birth, continuation, change, and extinction)
        • nabstativeremaining; staying behind
        • viactstay put
        • vt(oN)remain in the contextually determinate N
        • vt+prep+Nremain in
        • vtoNremain in
        • vtoNfigurativeremain in
      • STAND
        • viactXINLUN: stand solid (like a mountain), stay in place
        • vt+prep+Nstand in a place N
      • STOP
        • vpostadVverbal complement indicating the stopping or "freezing" of a movement or action
        • vtoNpost-Han: stop, desist
      • WORK
        • ESTABLISH
          • COUNT
          • 住 zhù (OC: dos MC: ɖio) 持遇切 去 廣韻：【止也又姓出姓苑持遇切三 】
            • DWELL
              • nobjectSHU: place where one stays
              • nabactthe dwelling with things
              • vt(oN)live in a contextually determinate place
              • vt(oN)figurativedwell with the contextually determinate N
              • vt[oN]figurativedwell with things
              • vt+prep+Ndwell in N
              • vt+prep+Nfigurativestay in, dwell in (a mental state)
              • vtoNpost-Han: stay in; reside at
              • vtoNfigurativepersevere in, cultivate constantly
              • vtoNsubject=humanreside in, be in
              • vtpost-.VtoNN=objlive in N
              • vtoNmake one's home in (the universe)CH
            • SURNAMES

              Additional information about 住

              說文解字:

                Criteria
              • DWELL

                1. The current general words for dwelling in a place for some considerable time are jū 居 and chǔ 處 (all ant. xíng 行 "travel").

                2. Shè 舍 and sù 宿 refer to spending the night in a certain place.

                3. Guǎn 館 refers to spending the night in a visitor's hostel (which is China's ancient answer to a hotel).

                4. Qī 棲 refers to a temporary or non-voluntary stay of any length, typically of an informal kind. See ROOST

                5. Xìn 信 is sometimes used as a technical term for staying in a place for two nights.

                6. Cì 次 is sometimes used as a technical term for spending more than two days in a certain place.

                7. Jì 寄 and yù 寓 refer to staying in some place for a strictly limited space of time.

                8. Jùn 軍 refers specifically to an army encamping in a certain place for a limited time.

                NB: Zhù 住 is post-Buddhist (SIX DYNASTIES)

                Word relations
              • Ant: (REMAIN)往 / 往迋/GO TO Wǎng 往 (ant. jū 居 "remain at home") refers to setting out for a destination by any means of transport or by foot, and the destination is not very often made explicit by an ordinary noun as object. Moreover wǎng 往 does not necessarily imply going somewhere by the most direct route.