留 (liú)
to stay; to remain; to keep; to leave (a message)
How 留 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 卯 — N/A
- Traditional
- 留
- Simplified
- 留 (unchanged)
Components
- 卯 N/A
- 田 field
Common words using 留
- 留下 liúxià
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain
- 保留 bǎoliú
- to retain; to continue to have; to preserve
- 停留 tíngliú
- to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
- 挽留 wǎnliú
- to urge to stay; to detain
- 收留 shōuliú
- to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care
- 殘留 cánliú
- to remain; left over; surplus
- 滯留 zhìliú
- to detain; retention
- 留住 liúzhù
- to ask sb to stay; to keep sb for the night; to await (classical)
- 留作 liúzuò
- to set apart
- 留學 liúxué
- to study abroad
- 留學生 liúxuéshēng
- student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 留守 liúshǒu
- to stay behind to take care of things
留 in a sentence
你想留在台灣工作嗎？
Nǐ xiǎng liú zài Táiwān gōngzuò ma?
“Do you want to stay in Taiwan to work?”
How common is 留?
留 is the 554th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 78% of all running text.
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