抓住

Character by character

• 抓zhuā7 strokesHSK 3scratch; clutch, seize, grab
• 住zhù7 strokesHSK 1reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 抓住他。

  Zhuā zhù tā

  Grab him.

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• 抓住那个。

  Zhuā zhù nà ge

  Grab that.

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• 抓住这个。

  Zhuā zhù zhè ge

  Grab this.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 抓住. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 住zhùHSK 1

  to live; to dwell; to stay; to reside; to stop; (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt)

• 抓zhuāHSK 3

  to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch

• 记住jì zhuHSK 1

  to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart

• 抓紧zhuā jǐnHSK 4

  to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth)

• 居住jū zhùHSK 4

  to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in

• 忍不住rěn bu zhùHSK 5

  cannot help; unable to bear

• 住院zhù yuànHSK 2

  to be in hospital; to be hospitalized

• 住宅zhù zháiHSK 6

  residence; dwelling; abode

• 住房zhù fángHSK 2

  housing

• 住处zhù chùHSK 7

  residence; dwelling

• 住宿zhù sùHSK 7

  to stay at; lodging; accommodation

• 住户zhù hùHSK 7

  household; inhabitant; householder

• 站住zhàn zhùHSK 2

  to stand

• 住址zhù zhǐHSK 7

  address

• 禁不住jīn bu zhùHSK 7

  can't help it; can't bear it

• 衣食住行yī shí zhù xíngHSK 7

  clothing, food, housing and transport (idiom); people's basic needs