留 (lau4 | liu2) : remain; keep

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留

lau4

liu2

[1] remain; stay
[2] keep; reserve; save; set aside
[3] leave behind; bequeath
[4] accept; take
[5] ask sb to stay; keep sb from leaving
[6] pay attention to; concentrate on
[7] study abroad/overseas

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 田 (#102)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

留

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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不留 bat1 lau4*1 = always; all along; all the time 粵

留意 lau4 ji3 liu2 yi4 = take care; look after; be careful

留言 lau4 jin4 liu2 yan2 = left messages; to leave a message

保留 bou2 lau4 bao3 liu2 = to reserve; to maintain

遺留 wai4 lau4 yi2 liu2 = legacy

拘留 keoi1 lau4 ju1 liu2 = detain; keep in custody; detention

停留 ting4 lau4 ting2 liu2 = to stop over; to stay temporarily

扣留 kau3 lau4 kou4 liu2 = detain, hold in custody

留下 lau4 haa6 liu2 xia4 = to leave something; to leave behind; to remain behind

逗留 dau6 lau4 dou4 liu2 = stay at, stopover at
See all 64 compounds (CantoDict reports 65 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 6 examples containing 留

請留低電話號碼粵
Please leave a telephone number.

我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]

你就手下留情放佢哋一馬啦。粵
Show some mercy and let them go.

佢做事不留都撳地游水，唔會攞你嚟較飛！粵
He has all along been very careful. He will not land you in trouble.

只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。國
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.

我甚至有能力係不留痕跡嘅情況底下粵
I have the capability to not leave a trace afterwards.
[E.g. on a computer.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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