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
- Characters
- 2
- 保 · 留
- Syllables
- 2
- bǎo liú
- Frequency
- Less common
- corpus count 2,921
Part of speech: v,vn
Character by character
Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.
Words with the same characters
These words share at least one character with 保留. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.
- 保护bǎo hùHSK 3
to protect; to defend; to safeguard; protection
- 保证bǎo zhèngHSK 3
guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge
- 保持bǎo chíHSK 3
to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- 留liúHSK 2
to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- 留下liú xiàHSK 2
to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- 保险bǎo xiǎnHSK 3
insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to
- 保bǎoHSK 3
to defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure; civil administration unit in the baojia 甲 system (old)
- 确保què bǎoHSK 3
to ensure; to guarantee
- 保安bǎo ānHSK 3
to ensure public security; to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production); public security; security guard
- 保障bǎo zhàngHSK 7
to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard
- 保存bǎo cúnHSK 3
to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to save (a file etc) (computing)
- 环保huán bǎoHSK 3
environmental protection; environmentally friendly; abbr. for 环境保护
- 留言liú yánHSK 6
to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
- 保佑bǎo yòuHSK 7
to bless and protect; blessing
- 保守bǎo shǒuHSK 4
conservative; to guard; to keep
- 担保dān bǎoHSK 4
to guarantee; to vouch for
- 保卫bǎo wèiHSK 5
to defend; to safeguard
- 保密bǎo mìHSK 4
to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy
- 保姆bǎo mǔHSK 7
nanny; housekeeper
- 停留tíng liúHSK 5
to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
- 留意liú yìHSK 7
to be mindful; to pay attention to; to take note of
- 拘留jū liúHSK 7
to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
- 保管bǎo guǎnHSK 7
to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator
- 残留cán liúHSK 7
to remain; to be left over; residual; remnant; residue