住 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) syn 记住 記住 jì zhu to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart syn 主 zhǔ owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) syn 术 術 zhú various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea syn 迷住 mí zhu to fascinate / to strongly attract / to obsess / to infatuate / to captivate / to enchant syn 贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn 洪武 hóng wǔ Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3] 蛛蛛 zhū zhu (coll.) spider syn 永乐 永樂 yǒng lè Yongle Emperor, reign name of third Ming emperor Zhu Di 朱棣[Zhu1 Di4] (1360-1424), reigned 1403-1424, temple name 明成祖[Ming2 Cheng2 zu3] 正德 zhèng dé Zhengde Emperor, reign name of eleventh Ming emperor Zhu Houzhao 朱厚照[Zhu1 Hou4 zhao4] (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521, temple name 明武宗[Ming2 Wu3 zong1] 守住 shǒu zhu to hold on to / to defend / to keep / to guard 猪八戒 豬八戒 zhū bā jiè Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation 朱元璋 zhū yuán zhāng Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武[Hong2 wu3] 朱德 zhū dé Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army 朱熹 zhū xī Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism 朱自清 zhū zì qīng Zhu Ziqing (1898-1948), poet and essayist 刘伯温 劉伯溫 liú bó wēn Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基[Liu2 Ji1] 朱子 zhū zi Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹 建文 jiàn wén Jianwen Emperor, reign name of second Ming Emperor Zhu Yunwen 朱允炆[Zhu1 Yun3 wen2] (1377-1402), reigned 1398-1402 唐诗三百首 唐詩三百首 táng shī sān bǎi shǒu Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1] 宣德 xuān dé Xuande Emperor, reign name of fifth Ming emperor Zhu Zhanji 朱瞻基[Zhu1 Zhan1 ji1] (1398-1435), reigned 1426-1436, temple name 明宣宗[Ming2 Xuan1 zong1] 明孝陵 míng xiào líng Ming tombs in Nanjing, tomb of founding Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], a World Heritage site 祝 zhù to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies syn 猪 豬 zhū hog / pig / swine / CL:口[kou3],頭|头[tou2] syn 注 註 zhù to register / to annotate / note / comment syn 煮 zhǔ to cook / to boil syn 助 zhù to help / to assist syn 茱 zhū used in 茱萸[zhu1yu2] 著 zhù to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding syn 朴 piáo surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2] syn 属 屬 zhǔ to join together / to fix one's attention on / to concentrate on syn 珠 zhū bead / pearl / CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1] syn 诸 諸 zhū all / various syn 㝉 宁 zhù to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen 驻 駐 zhù to halt / to stay / to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) syn 朱 硃 zhū (bound form) cinnabar syn 轴 軸 zhú axis / axle syn 柱 zhù pillar / CL:根[gen1] syn 筑 築 zhù to build / to construct / to ram / to hit / Taiwan pr. [zhu2] syn 竹 zhú bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 / "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118) syn 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 逐 zhú (bound form) to pursue / to chase away / individually / one by one syn 蛛 zhū (bound form) spider syn 铸 鑄 zhù to cast or found metals syn 蛀 zhù termite / to bore (of insects) syn 渚 zhǔ islet / bank syn 洙 zhū name of a river 拄 zhǔ to lean on / to prop on syn 贮 貯 zhù to store / to save / stockpile / Taiwan pr. [zhu3] syn 烛 燭 zhú candle / (literary) to illuminate syn 诛 誅 zhū to put (a criminal) to death / to punish syn 嘱 囑 zhǔ to enjoin / to implore / to urge syn 炷 zhù wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks syn 瞩 矚 zhǔ to gaze at / to stare at syn 铢 銖 zhū twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams) 竺可桢 竺可楨 zhú kě zhēn Zhu Kezhen (1890-1974), Chinese metereologist and geologist 吴晗 吳晗 wú hán Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution 朱熔基 zhū róng jī common erroneous form of 朱鎔基|朱镕基, Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003 朱容基 zhū róng jī common erroneous form of 朱鎔基|朱镕基, Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003 杨朱 楊朱 yáng zhū Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism 汉姓 漢姓 hàn xìng a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group 侏 zhū dwarf 褚 zhǔ padding (in garment) / to store up / pocket / Taiwan pr. [chu3] syn 伫 竚 zhù to stand for a long time (variant of 佇|伫[zhu4]) syn 杼 zhù shuttle of a loom syn 箸 zhù (literary) chopsticks 潴 瀦 zhū pool / pond 苎 苧 zhù used in 苧麻|苎麻[zhu4ma2] 躅 zhú used in 躑躅|踯躅[zhi2zhu2] syn 橥 櫫 zhū Zelkova acuminata 翥 zhù to soar syn 槠 櫧 zhū Quercus glanca 舳 zhú poopdeck / stern of boat 纻 紵 zhù variant of 苧|苎[zhu4] / (literary) cloth made from ramie fiber 麈 zhǔ leader of herd / stag syn 邾 zhū name of a feudal state 蠋 zhú caterpillar 那 nā surname Na syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 区 區 ōu surname Ou 单 單 shàn surname Shan syn 某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn 华 華 huà Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi / surname Hua syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 巴尔的摩 巴爾的摩 bā ěr dì mó Baltimore (place name, surname etc) 尼克松 ní kè sōng Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 / surname Nixon 西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen 中村 zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname) 海德 hǎi dé Hyde (surname) 山下 shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) syn 波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo 铃木 鈴木 líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname) 布尔 布爾 bù ěr Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean 田中 tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname) 山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname) 井上 jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") 山田 shān tián Yamada (Japanese surname) 莱特 萊特 lái tè Wright (surname) 考克斯 kǎo kè sī Cox (surname) 