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住

zyu6
live
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Usage

  • Use 住 (zyu6) to indicate the action of living or residing in a place.
  • It often functions as a verb and is followed by a location.
  • You can combine 住 (zyu6) with question words like 邊度 (bin1 dou6) to ask where someone lives.
  • The word 住 (zyu6) does not change its form for tense; time words indicate when.
  • It can be used in everyday conversation when talking about housing, where people stay, or where they are temporarily living.
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Examples

  • 我住喺銅鑼灣。
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    ngo5 zyu6 hai2 tung4 lo4 waan1.
    I live in Causeway Bay.
  • 你住邊度？
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    nei5 zyu6 bin1 dou6?
    Where do you live?
  • 佢而家住喺酒店。
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    keoi5 ji4 gaa1 zyu6 hai2 zau2 dim3.
    He/she is currently living in a hotel.
  • 我唔住喺呢度。
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    ngo5 m4 zyu6 hai2 ni1 dou6.
    I don't live here.

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