留
HSK 2freq #705
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.to leave (a message etc)
- 2.to retain
- 3.to stay
- 4.to remain
- 5.to keep
- 6.to preserve
- 1.old variant of 留[liú]
- 1.old variant of 留[liú]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to stay; to remain
- 2.to ask someone to stay; to detain
- 3.to keep; to save; to hold in reserve; to retain; to maintain
- 4.to leave behind (a package, a message, an impression, etc.)
- 5.to accept (a gift)
- 6.to allow to grow
- 7.to concentrate (on something)
- 8.a surname
- 9.to wait; to await
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Etymology
In bronze inscriptions, phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *m·ru, *m·rus): phonetic 卯 (OC *mruːʔ) + semantic 田 (“field”). Later in small seal script, phonetic 丣 (OC *luʔ) + semantic 田.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
留着吧。
Keep them.
留着吧。
Keep it.
我会留疤吗？
Will I have a scar?
我會留給你。
I'll leave that to you.
你留着它好了。
I think you can keep it.
我會留到明天。
I'll stay until tomorrow.
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More examples & usage (AI)
Derived terms
七留七林三不留不中留不留不留一字不留心不留神不留餘地不留余地不留體統不留体统久留乞留乞良乞留惡濫乞留恶滥乞留曲律乞留玎琅人死留名代留伊留申保留保留價格保留价格保留地保留徵收保留征收保留戶保留户保留曲線保留曲线
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Related words
留下 to leave behind保留 to keep留言 to leave a message; to leave one's comments停留 to stay somewhere temporarily留意 to be mindful拘留 to detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody残留 to remain; to be left over遗留 to leave behind留恋 reluctant to leave留心 to be careful; to pay attention to扣留 to detain sb; to hold sb against their will收留 to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care