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Information of 居

Pinyin jū

Radical

尸

Strokes

8 strokes

Usage

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Definition

reside

居 [jū] [Verb] 1. Dwell; live; reside. 2. Occupy; take up space. 3. Store up; accumulate. 4. Be in; be positioned. 5. Manage; put in order. 6. Stop; rest; stay. 7. Hold a post; serve in a position. 8. Be seated; sit down. 9. Arrogant (alternative meaning via “倨”). [Meaning elaboration] 1. Dwell: To call home. Examples: 隐居 (live in seclusion), 住处 (place of residence). 2. A place of residence: New dwelling, old residence, moving residence, a small home (蜗居). 3. Occupy: Occupy first (居首), occupy space. 4. Be in a state of: Carry a certain mentality (居心). 5. Store up: Rare commodities can be stored (奇货可居). 6. Stop; rest: Stay stationary (居守). 7. Ordinary; usual: In daily life (平常). 8. Surname. [Noun] 1. Residence; dwelling; house. 2. Usual living situation. 3. Restaurant (a place where one can eat snacks, drinks, or meals). Examples: 六朝居 (Six Dynasties restaurant), 同和居 (Tonghe restaurant). [Grammatical particle] 1. Used at the end of a sentence for a questioning tone. Examples: 谁居？(Who is here?), 何居？(What do you mean?).

居心叵测 jū xīn pǒ cè

harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)

囤积居奇 tún jī jū qí

to hoard and profiteer / to speculate

居民 jū mín

resident / inhabitant

孀居 shuāng jū

to live in widowhood (formal)

占居 zhàn jū

Occupy

居室 jū shì

room / apartment

寄居 jì jū

to live away from home

寄居蟹 jì jū xiè

hermit crab

寓居 yù jū

to make one's home in / to reside in / to inhabit

居然 jū rán

unexpectedly / to one's surprise / go so far as to

张居正 Zhāng Jū zhèng

Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee

隐居 yǐn jū

to live in seclusion

定居 dìng jū

to settle (in some city, country etc) / to take up residence

居多 jū duō

to be in the majority

聚居 jù jū

to inhabit a region (esp. ethnic group) / to congregate

移居 yí jū

to migrate / to move to a new place of residence

邻居 lín jū

neighbor / next door / CL:個|个[ge4]

故居 gù jū

former residence

居于 jū yú

occupy

迁居 qiān jū

to move (from one residence to another)

居委会 jū wěi huì

neighbourhood committee

同居 tóng jū

to live together

自居 zì jū

to consider oneself as / to believe oneself to be

居中 jū zhōng

positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between

居士 jū shì

lay Buddhist

起居 qǐ jū

everyday life / regular pattern of life

屈居 qū jū

Subdued

幽居 yōu jū

live in seclusion

居庸关 Jū yōng guān

Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]

栖居 qī jū

dwell