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zhǔ
HSK 7freq #25510

Meanings

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zhǔ
  1. 1.to lean on
  2. 2.to prop on

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to prop; to support
  2. 2.to lean on; to be propped up (with a stick, etc.)
  3. 3.to open (one's eyes)
  4. 4.to ridicule; to retort; to talk back
  5. 5.to prod; to poke
  6. 6.to block; to plug
  7. 7.to equal; to be able to exchange one for another
  8. 8.to cancel out
  9. 9.to meet; to encounter
  10. 10.just; just now; a moment ago
  11. 11.to give change

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *toʔ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 主 (OC *tjoʔ). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *duːŋ (“post; column”). Cognate with 柱 (OC *toʔ, *doʔ, “post; column”); see there for more.

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