<p>They are two different things;</p>

<p>我住在 = "I live in/ at" - e.g.  我住在香港 (I live in Hong Kong)</p>

<p>還活著 = "still alive" - e.g. 我還活著 (I am still alive)</p>

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2018-11-11T09:41:45.480Z
Ah ok, my mistake. If I can't repeat 還活著 in a text, are there any other forms to write it with the very same meaning?
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2018-11-11T10:39:58.797Z
@reasonable doubt  仍 or 尚 can replace 還 as 'still' ; 沒死 (not dead) or 生存著 (alive) can replace 活著
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<p>Probably you are confusing with the phrase xx还在 to mean xx is still alive. </p>

<p>我爷爷还在 my grandpa is still alive / 我爷爷不在了 my grandpa is dead. </p>

<p>This phrase is more formal than 还活着/死了</p>

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<p>I think both <strong>我住在</strong> and <strong>還活著</strong> have quite the same meaning (<em>I'm alive</em>), can I use evenly one of them as I like or are there some rules that force me to distinguish their use according to different contexts? </p>

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2018-11-11T09:34:45.490Z
我住在 doesn't mean *I'm alive*, it means *I live at (some place)*.
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What's the difference between 我住在 and 還活著?
# What's the difference between 我住在 and 還活著?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-11)

I think both **我住在** and **還活著** have quite the same meaning (*I'm alive*), can I use evenly one of them as I like or are there some rules that force me to distinguish their use according to different contexts?

**Tags:** meaning, word-choice, characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 我住在 doesn't mean *I'm alive*, it means *I live at (some place)*.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-11-11. Score: 4

They are two different things;

我住在 = "I live in/ at" - e.g. 我住在香港 (I live in Hong Kong)

還活著 = "still alive" - e.g. 我還活著 (I am still alive)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Ah ok, my mistake. If I can't repeat 還活著 in a text, are there any other forms to write it with the very same meaning?  
> **username_2**: @username_0  仍 or 尚 can replace 還 as 'still' ; 沒死 (not dead) or 生存著 (alive) can replace 活著  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-11-13. Score: 0

Probably you are confusing with the phrase xx还在 to mean xx is still alive.

我爷爷还在 my grandpa is still alive / 我爷爷不在了 my grandpa is dead.

This phrase is more formal than 还活着/死了


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