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Cantonese / Chinese is my first language, where 居 and 住 both mean live in

Usually I would say

```

    私は香港に住んでいます
    
```

But recently a japanese friend of mine says

```

    今　京都に居ます
    
```

Are their meanings the same?
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Difference between 居ます and 住む
住む - to live/reside in place  
居る - to exist/to be (for living things)

> 私は香港に住んでいます  
> I live in Hong Kong  
>  
>  今 京都に居ます  
> Now I am in Kyoto.

Why he is in Kyoto is not said, so that could mean that he is either living
there or visiting. Looking in the
[dictionary](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/15573/meaning/m0u/%E5%B1%85%E3%82%8B/)
it does show 住む and 滞在する as definition number 2.
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