留 liú

1. liú verb to leave something; to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Unihan '留')
2. liú verb to stop; to halt
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '留')

Contained in

• 余留(餘留) remainder; fractional part (after the decimal point); unfinished
• 滞留锋(滯留鋒) stationary front (meteorology)
• 停留 stay somewhere temporarily; stop over
• 残留物(殘留物) remnant; residue; material left over
• 留言本 guestbook
• 卫留成(衛留成) Wei Liucheng
• 保留 to retain; to hold back; to reserve; to preserve; to maintain
• 王不留行 cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis); cowherb seeds (used in TCM)
• 留宿 to put up a guest; to stay overnight
• 绝地无留(絕地無留) do not linger in dangerous areas
• 留余地(留餘地) to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error
• 留班 to repeat a year in school
• 存留 remaining; extant
• 刑事拘留 to detain as criminal
• 留学生(留學生) student studying abroad
• 留下 to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; to not to let somebody go
• 留洋 to study abroad (old term)
• 止留 detain
• 留住 to ask somebody to stay; to keep somebody for the night; to await (classical)
• 余留事务(餘留事務) unfinished business
• 保留区(保留區) reservation
• 留话(留話) to leave word; to leave a message
• 预留(預留) to set aside; to reserve
• 截发留宾(截髮留賓) to cut hair [for money to] host a guest
• 保留剧目(保留劇目) repertory; stock (in theater)
• 寸草不留 not even a blade of grass left; total destruction
• 潴留(瀦留) retention
• 留神 to take care
• 留存收益 retained earnings
• 残留(殘留) to remain; left over; surplus; remnant
• 弥留(彌留) to be seriously ill and about to die
• 志留纪(志留紀) Silurian
• 女大不中留 when a girl is of age, she must be married off
• 留有余地(留有餘地) to leave some leeway; to allow for the unpredictable
• 齿颊留香(齒頰留香) taste remaining in the mouth
• 寸甲不留 not leave behind any means of defense
• 留守儿童(留守兒童) left-behind children, rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
• 留学(留學) to study abroad
• 话到嘴边留三分(話到嘴邊留三分) A still tongue makes a wise head.
• 阻留 to intercept; interception
• 勾留 to stay; to stop over; to break one's journey
• 留有 to remain in existence; to retain
• 留言 to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
• 留底 to keep a copy; copy kept for archiving; to put aside a portion (of a money sum)
• 留芳千古 a good reputation to last down the generations
• 收留 to offer shelter; to have somebody in one's care

Also contained in

巩留县 、 留坝县 、 留都 、 驻留 、 陈留郡

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷一百四十九　列傳第三十六: 耶律留哥 劉伯林 郭寶玉 石天應 移剌揑兒 耶律禿花 王珣 Volume 149 Biographies 36: Yelu Liuge, Liu Bolin, Guo Baoyu, Shi Tianying, Yi Lanieer, Yelu Tuhua, Wang Xun History of Yuan 元史 — count: 43
• 卷二百八十一 列傳第一百六十九 循吏 Volume 281 Biographies 169: Virtuous Officials History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
• 《留侯世家》 House of Marquis of Liu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 31
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 28
• 卷二十六　　　　志第十六　　　曆二 Volume 26 Treatises 17: Calendar 2 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 25
• 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 25
• 卷十三 志第三 歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 24
• 卷五十八 新五代史考第一 Volume 58 Examination on the New Five Dynasties : New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 21
• 卷二十九　　　　志第十九　　　曆五 Volume 29 Treatises 22: Calendar 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 21
• 卷107下 律曆志三下 Volume 107b Treatise 3: Treatise on Music and Calendars 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 21

Collocations

• 留侯 (留侯) 留侯張良之大父開地相韓昭侯 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷六 復恩 Chapter 6: Repaying Kindness — count: 8
• 公子留 (公子留) 陳公子留 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 6
• 及留 (及留) 及留吁 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 6
• 留吁 (留籲) 及留吁 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
• 留处 (留處) 地辟舉則民留處 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 4
• 樛留 (樛留) 韓宣王謂樛留曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林上第二十二 Chapter 22: Collections of Persuasions I — count: 4
• 留子 (留子) 彼留子嗟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧丘中有麻 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Qiu Zhong You Ma — count: 4
• 民留 (民留) 地辟舉則民留處 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 4
• 留令 (留令) 謂之留令 — Guanzi 管子, 立政第四 Chapter 4: Establishing Governance — count: 3
• 留止 (留止) 玉石留止 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十六 談叢 Chapter 16: Abundant Discussion — count: 2