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留
㽞
liú
1. old variant of [[留<liú>]]
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

留
liú
to stay, to remain; to preserve, to keep; to leave a message; 
HSK 3 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

久留
jiǔliú
to stay for a long time
保留
bǎoliú
to retain
HSK 5
停留
tíngliú
to stay somewhere temporarily
勾留
gōuliú
to stay
去留
qùliú
going or staying
吸留
xīliú
to absorb
存留
cúnliú
remaining
居留
jūliú
residence
屯留
Túnliú
Tunliu county in Changzhi [[長治|长治<Chángzhì>]], Shanxi
弥留
míliú
seriously ill and about to die
扣留
kòuliú
to detain
拘留
jūliú
to detain (a prisoner)
HSK 6
挽留
wǎnliú
to urge to stay
提留
tíliú
to withdraw (money) and retain it
收留
shōuliú
to offer shelter
残留
cánliú
to remain
HSK 6
淹留
yānliú
to stay for a long period
滞留
zhìliú
to detain
HSK 6
留下
liúxià
to leave behind
留任
liúrèn
to remain in office

Alternate Entries

留
liú
to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve
HSK 4
留
liú
old variant of [[留<liú>]]
HSK 4

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
553
Word Frequency Rank
961 of 84,292

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