居
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- to reside
- to be (in a certain position)
- to store up
- to be at a standstill
- residence
- house
- restaurant
- classifier for bedrooms
- surname Ju
jī ji1
- (archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
Example sentences
- I never expected I would end up crying today.
HSK words with 居
- 居民 jūmín resident; inhabitant
- 居住 jūzhù to reside
- 居然 jūrán unexpectedly
- 邻居 línjū neighbor
- 定居 dìngjū to settle (in some city, country etc)
- 居高临下 jūgāolínxià lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom)
- 居民楼 jūmínlóu apartment building
- 安居乐业 ānjūlèyè to live in peace and work happily (idiom)