Chinese Character 留 (lau4 | liu2 ) : [1] [v] remain; stay; be at a standstill [2] [

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留
lau4 liu2
[1] [v] remain; stay; be at a standstill [2] [v] ask somebody to stay [3] [v] delay; detain; keep; obstruct [4] [v] leave [5] [v] preserve; reserve Stroke count: 10 Level: 3 Radical: 田 (#102)
留
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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 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 = remain 逗留 dau6 lau4 dou4 liu2 = stay at, stopover at See all 54 compounds
Showing all 3 examples containing 留只有懶漢庸才才會留戀那大鍋飯的年代。國 edit Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together. 請留低電話號碼粵 edit Please leave a telephone number. 你就手下留情放佢哋一馬啦。粵 edit Show some mercy and let them go. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only

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