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驻足 (zhù zú): Stop / pause (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 3.0Level 7-9
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驻 • zhù • to halt, to stay, to be stationed • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
zhù驻

to halt, to stay, to be stationed

足 • zú • foot, leg, or sufficient • HSK 3.0 · L6
HSK 3.0 · L6
zú足

foot, leg, or sufficient

Word Info

Pinyinzhù zú
Meaningstop / pause
Characters2
SyntaxVerb
4.

How to Use 驻足 in Sentences

Adverb + Verbwith短暂
duǎn短
zàn暂
zhù驻
zú足
neutral
stop briefly
Verb + Verbwith观看
zhù驻
zú足
guān观
kàn看
Idiomwith不前
zhù驻
zú足
bù不
qián前
Causative + Verbwith令人
lìng令
rén人
zhù驻
zú足
5.

Example Sentences with 驻足

wǒ我
zài在
gōng公
yuán园
mén门
kǒu口
zhù
neutral
stop and watch
formal
stop and not advance
formal
Written
make people stop
驻
zú足
le了
yī一
huì会
er儿
。
I stopped for a moment at the entrance of the park.
yóu游
kè客
men们
bèi被
měi美
lì丽
de的
fēng风
jǐng景
xī吸
yǐn引
，
fēn纷
fēn纷
zhù驻
zú足
guān观
kàn看
。
The tourists were attracted by the beautiful scenery and stopped one after another to watch.
miàn面
duì对
tū突
rú如
qí其
lái来
de的
bào暴
yǔ雨
，
xíng行
rén人
men们
fēn纷
fēn纷
zhù驻
zú足
xún寻
zhǎo找
bì避
yǔ雨
zhī之
chù处
。
Faced with the sudden heavy rain, pedestrians stopped one after another to find shelter.
kàn看
dào到
měi美
lì丽
de的
fēng风
jǐng景
，
tā他
rěn忍
bú不
zhù住
zhù驻
zú足
xīn欣
shǎng赏
。
Seeing the beautiful scenery, he couldn't help but stop to admire it.
nǐ你
wèi为
hé何
zài在
jiē街
jiǎo角
zhù驻
zú足
，
shì是
yù遇
dào到
le了
shén什
me么
shú熟
xī悉
de的
miàn面
kǒng孔
ma吗
？
Why did you stop at the street corner? Did you encounter a familiar face?

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 驻足.

Words with 驻

  • 驻扎zhù zhābe stationed; be quartered
  • 常驻cháng zhùpermanently stationed; resident
  • 进驻jìn zhùenter and station; move into
  • 驻守zhù shǒuto garrison; to be stationed at