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resident; inhabitant
HSK 4
to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in
HSK 4
neighbor / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
unexpectedly / to one's surprise / go so far as to
HSK 5
lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom) / fig. to occupy a commanding position / to assume a haughty attitude
HSK 7-9
to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
HSK 7-9
apartment building / residential tower
HSK 7-9
Anju district of Suining city 遂寧市|遂宁市, Sichuan
to settle down / to live peacefully
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *居* | 居* | *居
surname Ju
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *居* | 居* | *居
(archaic) sentence-final particle expressing a doubting attitude
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *居* | 居* | *居
to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms
izakaya (a kind of traditional Japanese pub)
home; residence / to stay at home (unemployed)
to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc)
humble abode / to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
Xianju county in Taizhou 台州, Zhejiang
room / apartment
to live in seclusion
to inhabit a region (esp. ethnic group) / to congregate
everyday life / regular pattern of life
to migrate / to move to a new place of residence
residence
to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members)
positioned between (two parties) / to mediate between
to live together / to cohabit
to live away from home
to be between two parties (as in mediation) / to be in the middle; to be in between / (page layout) to be centered
Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区
to harbor (evil) intentions / to be bent on / a tranquil heart or mind
to vault
to stay away from home / residence abroad / sojourn
leading / in first place / top of the list
(literary) to follow the right path
to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
to stand above / to occupy an important position / to rank (among the top few)
to think of danger in times of safety / to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
former residence
(of prices, rates etc) to remain high
to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life
to move (from one residence to another)
to consider oneself as / to believe oneself to be
curie (Ci) (loanword)
old residence / former home
to live alone / to live a solitary existence
harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)
(of a group of people) to live scattered over an area
to be in the majority
cohabitation (of different populations or races) / to coexist
to claim credit for oneself
to make one's home in / to reside in / to inhabit
to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country
to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest
to live in a cave / (of animals) to be of burrowing habit
to live in widowhood (formal)
to live / to reside
dwelling place / home
(of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment
to hoard and profiteer / to speculate
satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
to live in seclusion
to secure a position / to take an official appointment
community / living together
to live as a widow
not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
to cohabit with a lover illicitly
to hoard / to speculate / profiteering
former residence / one's original home
(law) residential surveillance at a designated location (PRC legal measure confining suspects to government-assigned residences under continuous monitoring) (abbr. for 指定居所監視居住|指定居所监视居住)
Zhang Juzheng (1525-1582), Grand Secretary during the Ming dynasty, credited with bringing the dynasty to its apogee
Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
current address / place of residence
The Burrow (Harry Potter)
(period of) banishment or exile (old)
to choose a home
to live as a widower
hermit crab
a local person / the local population
dwelling
housing / high-class residence
lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom) / fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
human habitat
residential area / neighborhood
to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
settlement
to live together (as husband and wife)
living room / sitting room
cave man
inhabited land / habitat
centered alignment (typography)
What's (he) up to? / What's the motive behind all this?
permanent residency (abbr. for 永久居留權|永久居留权)
residence permit
motorhome / RV (recreational vehicle)
(PRC law) residential surveillance / to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-530 BC), the founder of the Persian Empire and the conqueror of Babylon
to have sinister motives
to withdraw to the second line of duty / to resign from a leading post (and assume an advisory post)

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