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Meaning of 留

Pinyin liú

Radical

田

Strokes

Definition

leave (message) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve

Usage

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留 liú (verb) 1. 停止在某一个地方：停留, 留学, 留任, 留级, 留步, 留守。 [En.] Stay in a certain place: stay, study abroad, retain a position, stay at a level, stop, guard. 2. 注意力放在上面：留心, 留神, 留意。 [En.] Focus on something: be careful, pay attention, take notice. 3. 不忍舍弃，不忍离去：留连, 留恋。 [En.] Unable to give up or leave: linger, be sentimental. 4. 不使离开：留客, 留宿, 挽留, 拘留。 [En.] Prevent someone from leaving: keep a guest, provide lodging, detain, arrest. 5. 接受：收留。 [En.] Accept: take in. 6. 保存：保留, 留存, 留别, 留念, 留后路。 [En.] Preserve: keep, retain, leave behind, commemorate, leave a way out. 7. 滞留; 拖延; 搁置：留中, 留事, 留连, 留时。 [En.] Remain; delay; suspend: keep in the palace and not be dispatched; pending business; procrastinate; delay time. 8. 留心：留心方便, 留目, 留盼。 [En.] Be careful: pay attention to opportunities; watch closely; keep an eye on. 9. 驻军：留田, 留屯。 [En.] Stationed troops: cultivate the land, garrisoning troops. 10. 通“流”。水流动：留动而生物。 [En.] Flow: flowing water brings life. 11. 通“镏”。杀。 [En.] To kill: to slay. 12. 姓。 [En.] Surname. 形 (adjective) 1. 长久：留年, 留瘦。 [En.] Long-lasting: longevity, emaciated due to prolonged illness. 2. 尽，全：留日。 [En.] Entire: whole day; all day long.

留在 liú zài

stay in

勾留 gōu liú

to stay / to stop over / to break one's journey

留守 liú shǒu

to stay behind to take care of things

留宿 liú sù

to put up a guest / to stay overnight

屯留 Tún liú

Tunliu county in Changzhi 長治|长治[Chang2 zhi4], Shanxi

巩留 Gǒng liú

Gongliu county or Toqquztara nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 Ha1 sa4 ke4 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang

弥留 mí liú

seriously ill and about to die

弥留之际 mí liú zhī jì

on one's deathbed / at the point of death

留恋 liú liàn

reluctant to leave / to hate to have to go / to recall fondly

拘留 jū liú

to detain (a prisoner) / to keep sb in custody

慰留 wèi liú

urge sb. to stay on

截留 jié liú

hold back / retain for one's own use

扣留 kòu liú

to detain / to arrest / to hold / to confiscate

拘留所 jū liú suǒ

detention center / prison

挽留 wǎn liú

to urge to stay / to detain

停留 tíng liú

to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over

保留 bǎo liú

to retain / to continue to have / to preserve / to maintain / to reserve / reservations / to hold back (approval or acceptance)

残留 cán liú

to remain / left over / surplus / remnant

毫不留情 háo bù liú qíng

to show no quarter / ruthless / relentless

留尼汪岛 liú ní wāng dǎo

Reunion / Reunion Island

留尼汪 Liú ní wāng

Réunion (island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department)

潴留 zhū liú

retention (medicine)

滞留 zhì liú

to detain / retention

鸡犬不留 jī quǎn bù liú

not a chicken or dog left / Even chickens and dogs are not spared -- utter extermination. / Even fowls and dogs are not spared -- ruthless mass slaughter. / cruelty on the part of the marauders / No living thing, not a fowl, or a dog remained.

留学 liú xué

to study abroad

留给 liú gěi

to set aside for

遗留 yí liú

to leave behind / to hand down

留意 liú yì

to be mindful / to pay attention to / to take note of

留下来 liú xià lái

stay behind

留心 liú xīn

to be careful / to pay attention to

不留 bù liú

do not keep

留学生 liú xué shēng

student studying abroad / (foreign) exchange student / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

逗留 dòu liú

to stay at / to stop over

留有 liú yǒu

to remain in existence / to retain

留住 liú zhù

to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical)

留情 liú qíng

to relent (to spare sb's feelings) / to show mercy or forgiveness / to forbear / lenient

留神 liú shén

to take care / to be careful

稽留 jī liú

delay / detain

留言簿 liú yán bù

visitor's book / CL:本[ben3]

羁留 jī liú

to stay / to detain

久留 jiǔ liú

to stay for a long time

留下 liú xià

to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go

留驻 liú zhù

to keep stationed (of troops) / to remain as a garrison

驻留 zhù liú

to stay / to remain / to linger / (computing) to reside / resident (program etc)