liú

to stay; to remain; to keep

HSK 3 #554

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 554th character
Radical ⽥ (102.5)
Strokes 10
Index # 2009

Definitions

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

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Words containing 留

Word Meaning
stationary front (meteorology)
retention (medicine)
retention (medicine)
detachment left to provide covering fire
detachment left to provide covering fire
cowherb seeds (used in TCM); cowherb (Vaccaria segetalis)
to set aside for; to keep as
a legacy; to bequeath (to later generations)
a legacy; to bequeath (to later generations)
a poem to mark one's departure; a departing gift
a poem to mark one's departure; a departing gift
Lingering Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Lingering Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
Liuba County in Hanzhong hàn zhōng, Shaanxi
Liuba County in Hanzhong hàn zhōng, Shaanxi
Liuba County in Hanzhong hàn zhōng, Shaanxi
Liuba County in Hanzhong hàn zhōng, Shaanxi
retained earnings
to study abroad
student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student
left-behind children with migrant parents
"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
to ask a guest to stay; to detain a guest
Réunion Island, French territory in Indian Ocean
Réunion Island, French island in Indian Ocean