留

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 留下来！

  Liú xià lái

  Stay!

  Listen Shadow

• 我不能留下。

  Wǒ bù néng liú xià

  I can't stay.

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• 我得留在家。

  Wǒ de liú zài jiā

  I have to stay home.

  Listen Shadow

• 我想要留下。

  Wǒ xiǎng yào liú xià

  I want to stay.

  Listen Shadow

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 留

• 留liú 2to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
• 留下liú xià 2–4 to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
• 留学生liú xué shēng 2–2–1student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student
• 保留bǎo liú 3–2 to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later
• 留学liú xué 2–2 to study abroad
• 停留tíng liú 2–2 to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
• 留言liú yán 2–2 to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
• 拘留jū liú 1–2 to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
• 残留cán liú 2–2 to remain; to be left over; residual; remnant; residue
• 遗留yí liú 2–2 to leave behind; to hand down
• 留恋liú liàn 2–4 reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly
• 滞留zhì liú 4–2 (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger