The Chinese word 握住 (wò zhù) is a verb compound formed through a common morphological process where the root verb 握 (wò), meaning "to grasp" or "to hold", is combined with the resultative complement 住 (zhù), which here indicates achieving a firm, stable, or sustained state. Therefore, the compound literally means "to grasp and hold firm" or "to hold onto", with 住 adding the crucial semantic nuance of successfully securing or fixing the action of grasping. This structure exemplifies how Mandarin frequently creates precise verbs by pairing an action with a complement that denotes its result or direction.