Chinese word dictionary

握住

wò zhù · to grip; to hold

Practice word

Word information

Simplified握住

Traditional握住

Pinyinwò zhù

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

握wò

to grasp, to hold, to take by the hand

住zhù

to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop

How to learn 握住

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

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住zhù

to live; to reside; to stay; to stop; to cease; (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)

住院zhùyuàn

to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized

入住rùzhù

to check in (at a hotel etc); to move into (a house)

把握bǎwò

to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome)

居住jūzhù

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

握wò

to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful