(zhù shǒu) - stop it, hands off in Mandarin
zhùshǒuTraditional: 住手
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Translation
stop it, hands off
Word origin
住手 (zhùshǒu) 'stop it, hands off' joins 住 (zhù, here 'to halt') and 手 (shǒu, 'hand'), literally 'halt the hand'. 住 is 亻(person) + 主 (phonetic); 手 is a pictograph of a hand with its five fingers.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 住 (zhù, 亻person + 主 phonetic, 'to halt') + 手 (shǒu, pictograph of a hand)
Stroke order
住
手
Examples
！！
Stop! Do not hit him!
，。
Hands off, you have hurt him.
喊：！
He shouted: stop it!
，！
Stop it, do not fight!
。
She loudly told him to stop.
住手 (zhù shǒu) means stop it or hands off.
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