留

liú · liu

Traditional 㽞 / 畱

Meaning

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liú 留

  1. to leave (a message etc)
  2. to retain
  3. to stay
  4. to remain
  5. to keep
  6. to preserve

liú 㽞

  1. old variant of 留 (liú)

liú 畱

  1. old variant of 留 (liú)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)留(liú)了(le)胡(hú)子(zi),为(wèi)了(le)让(ràng)自(zì)己(jǐ)看(kàn)起(qǐ)来(lái)更(gèng)成(chéng)熟(shú)。

He grew a beard to look more mature.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)留(liú)个(gè)口(kǒu)信(xìn),我(wǒ)回(huí)来(lái)会(huì)转(zhuǎn)告(gào)他(tā)。

Please leave a message; I'll pass it on to him when I get back.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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