Chinese Notes

留 liú

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')
liú verb to stop; to halt
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '留')

Contained in

居留权(居留權) right of abode
拘留所 detention center; prison
淹留 to stay for a long period
志留系 Silurian system
阻留 to intercept; interception
去留 going or staying
留驻(留駐) to keep stationed (of troops); to remain as a garrison
居留 to reside
刑事拘留 to detain as criminal
留种(留種) to keep a seed stock; seed held back for planting
留医(留醫) to be hospitalized
居留证(居留證) residence permit
留念 to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly
留成 to retain a portion (of profits etc)
话到嘴边留三分(話到嘴邊留三分) A still tongue makes a wise head.
弥留(彌留) to be seriously ill and about to die
剃发留辫(剃髮留辮) to shave the head but keep the queue
保留 to retain; to hold back; to reserve; to preserve; to maintain
扣留 to detain; to arrest
潴留(瀦留) retention
余留(餘留) remainder; fractional part (after the decimal point); unfinished
提留 to withdraw (money) and retain it
勾留 to stay; to stop over; to break one's journey
留心 to keep a lookout; to be careful
留置 to leave in place; to set aside (for further use); to retain; to detain; (medicine) indwelling
毫无保留(毫無保留) to hold nothing back; without reservation
留职(留職) to keep an official position; to hold on to one's job
留恋(留戀) to be reluctant to leave
留用 to keep for use; to retain; to keep somebody in their job
永久居留权(永久居留權) permanent residency
止留 detain
留洋 to study abroad (old term)
留言簿 visitor's book
自留地 private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm
滞留(滯留) to detain; retention
拘留 to detain
截发留宾(截髮留賓) to cut hair [for money to] host a guest
留芳千古 a good reputation to last down the generations
石留 pomegranate
不留心 to be careless
留样(留樣) retention sample
留堂 to stay behind (after class); to be given detention; detention
留影 to take a photo as a souvenir; a souvenir photo
留学生(留學生) student studying abroad

Also contained in

陈留郡、马可·奥勒留、留言板、阿留申群岛、留尼汪、留青竹刻、伊留申

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: 32
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
卷十三志第三歷下 Volume 13 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 24
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
留处 (留處) 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
留高祖 (留高祖) 呂公因目固留高祖 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 2