留 (liú): meaning and stroke order
留 (liú) means to leave (a message etc), to retain, to stay, to remain, to keep, to preserve.
留
- Simplified
- 留
- Traditional
- 留, 㽞, 畱
- Pinyin
- liú
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Stroke order of 留
留
- liú old variant of 留[liu2]
- liú to leave (a message etc); to retain
- liú old variant of 留[liu2]
- 10 strokes
- Traditional form: 㽞
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Meaning of 留
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liú
- to leave (a message etc)
- to retain
- to stay
- to remain
- to keep
- to preserve
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liú
Traditional 㽞
- old variant of 留[liu2]
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liú
Traditional 畱
- old variant of 留[liu2]
Radical and structure
- 留
- Radical 田 (Kangxi radical 102) · 10 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 留
- 保留 bǎo liú to keep; to retain
- 留下 liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind
- 留给 liú gěi to set aside for
- 留学 liú xué to study abroad
留 in our stories
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星期天晚上，他决定留在图书馆里，看看到底是谁。
xīngqītiān wǎnshang tā juédìng liú zài túshūguǎn lǐ kànkan dàodǐ shì shéi
On Sunday evening he decided to stay in the library and find out who it was.
From the story Flowers in the book return HSK 5
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最后，宋岩实在看不下去了，小声告诉他：“在这儿，盘子里留一点儿，主人才知道你吃饱了。”
zuìhòu Sòng Yán shízài kàn bú xiàqu le xiǎoshēng gàosu tā zài zhèr pánzi lǐ liú yìdiǎnr zhǔrén cái zhīdao nǐ chī bǎo le
Finally Song Yan couldn't bear to watch any longer and whispered, "Here, you leave a little on the plate. That's how the host knows you're full."
From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6
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也许两种看法都有道理：夸父最终没有抓住太阳，可是他留下的那片桃林，却实实在在地救了后来的人。
yěxǔ liǎng zhǒng kànfǎ dōu yǒu dàoli Kuāfù zuìzhōng méiyǒu zhuā zhù tàiyáng kěshì tā liú xià de nà piàn táolín què shíshízàizài de jiù le hòulái de rén
Perhaps both views have a point: Kuafu never caught the sun, but the peach grove he left behind really did save those who came after.
From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 留
- Flowers in the book return HSK 5
- The banquet that never ended HSK 6
- Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).