居

Jū

Meanings

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Jū

1.surname Ju

jū

1.to reside
2.to be (in a certain position)
3.to store up
4.to be at a standstill
5.residence
6.house
7.restaurant
8.classifier for bedrooms

jī

1.(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude

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Wiktionary

1.to live; to dwell; to reside
2.to occupy (a place or position); to be located at; to rank
3.to stay put; to sit down
4.to store up; to stockpile
5.to claim
6.house; residence; dwelling
7.restaurant
8.39th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "residence" (𝌬)
9.a surname
10.A modal particle.

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kɯ, *kas): semantic 尸 + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ).

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Stroke order

Components

居尸古

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我們是鄰居。
We're neighbors.
我有個盲鄰居。
I had a neighbor who was blind.
我們有新鄰居。
We have a new neighbor.
我鄰居的狗死了。
My neighbor's dog is dead.
鄰居什麼都沒看到。
The neighbor didn't see anything.
他是我的一個鄰居。
He is one of my neighbors.

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Related words

居然 unexpectedly 居民 resident; inhabitant 邻居 neighbor 居住 to reside 定居 to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence 居多 to be in the majority 居位 to occupy a high position (in administration)贬居 (period of) banishment or exile (old)蓬居 pauper's thatched hut 孀居 to live in widowhood (formal)宜居 livable 高居 to stand above