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駐: to halt; stationed

By June 12, 2014January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning
 

駐 [驻] zhù

verb
: to halt; to stay
: to be stationed (of troops, diplomats)

Kun Reading

駐まる | とまる tomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to stop (moving); to come to a stop
: to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
: to alight; to perch on

駐まる | とどまる todomaru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
: to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)
: to be limited to; to be confined to

On Reading

ちゅう chuu

 Usage:

駐紮[驻扎] zhu4zha1: to station; to garrison (troops)
駐軍[驻军] zhu4jun1: to station or garrison troops
常駐[驻] chang2zhu4: resident; permanent (rep)
[常駐 | じょうちゅう jouchuu: staying permanently; stationed]
屯駐[驻] tun2zhu4: to be stationed; to be quartered
[駐屯 | ちゅうとん chuuton: stationing (troops); occupancy]
留駐[驻] liu2zhu4: to keep stationed (of troops); to remain as a garrison
進駐[进驻] jin4zhu4: to enter and garrison; to establish a presence in
[進駐 | しんちゅう shinchuu: occupation; stationing]

進駐軍 | しんちゅうぐん shinchuugun: occupying forces

派駐[驻] pai4zhu4: to dispatch to
 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic .
馬 (ma3: horse) suggests the meaning while
(zhu3: lord) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
驻. Derived from generic character simplification rule #73 (馬 » 马) via usage of grass script form of character.



 Examples:
他被任命為駐美國大使。
ta1 bei4 ren4ming4 wei2 zhu4 mei3guo2 da4shi3.
He was appointed ambassador to the United States.

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary