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駐

简驻 · 繁駐

Mandarin · pinyin zhù

to halt
to stay
to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)

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駐: Look up this written character
驻: zhù · to be stationed at, reside at; to stop

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4 · zhu4

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zyu3

Cantonese word readings for 駐. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(of troops, diplomats) to be stationed; to be posted
(literary, or in compounds) to halt; to stop

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