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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[jū]
  1. 1. verb [住] live
  2. 2. verb [在] be
    全国第一
    be number one in the country
  3. 3. verb [任] claim
    claim the credit
  4. 4. verb [积蓄] store … up
  5. 5. noun house

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[jū]
  1. 1. verb reside; dwell; live
    live abroad
  2. 2. verb be (in a certain position); occupy (a place)
    世界首位
    occupy first place in the world; rank first in the world
    要职
    hold an important post
  3. 3. verb claim; assert
    consider oneself to be; pose as
  4. 4. verb store up; lay by
    hoard and speculate
  5. 5. verb stay put; be at a standstill
  6. 6. noun residence; house
    former residence (or home)
  7. 7. measure word (used for bedrooms)

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[jū]
  1. 1. 住宿
    民。
  2. 2. 住所
  3. 3. 动 [文] 停留;固定
    岁月不
    变动不
  4. 4. 积蓄;存有
    奇货可
    心不良。
  5. 5. 处在(某种位置)
    人后
    后来
    高不下。
  6. 6. 任;当
    以功臣自
    功自傲。
  7. 7. 属于(某种情况);占据
    二者必其一。
  8. 8. 用作某些店铺的名称
    六必(在北京)
    陶陶(在广州)。

Examples

逐水草而
(of nomads) live where there is water and grass; rove about seeking water and grass
《论语》:为政以德,譬如北辰,其所而众星共之。
In the Analects of Confucius, there are the following words: to run a country with morality wins a ruler the respect that the Pole Star gets, circled by numerous other stars.
那位高士曾经此山中。
The hermit used to live in seclusion on this mountain.
我公司的煤黑油产量全省之首。
Our company ranks first in the output of coal tar.
那批人神出鬼没,无定所。
That bunch come and go – they don't live anywhere permanently.
僦屋而
苍鹭集群而
不甘别人之下。

Character Decomposition


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[gǔ]

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