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留

liú · liu

Traditional 㽞 / 畱

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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liú 留

  1. to leave (a message etc)
  2. to retain
  3. to stay
  4. to remain
  5. to keep
  6. to preserve

liú 㽞

  1. old variant of 留 (liú)

liú 畱

  1. old variant of 留 (liú)
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In a conversation

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Peanuts

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)别(bié)全(quán)吃(chī)了(le)，给(gěi)我(wǒ)留(liú)几个(jǐge)！

    Liangliang, don't eat them all. Leave a few for me!

  2. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)给(gěi)你(nǐ)留(liú)。

    Okay, I'll leave some for you.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)留(liú)了(le)几个(jǐge)？

    How many did you leave?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)留(liú)了(le)两个(liǎnggè)。

    I left two.

  5. Dengdeng

    两个(liǎnggè)？这(zhè)是(shì)花生壳(huāshēngké)！

    Two? These are peanut shells!

  6. Liangliang

    对(duì)，我(wǒ)留(liú)了(le)壳(ké)，吃(chī)了(le)花生(huāshēng)。

    Yes, I kept the shells and ate the peanuts.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)留(liú)了(le)胡(hú)子(zi)，为(wèi)了(le)让(ràng)自(zì)己(jǐ)看(kàn)起(qǐ)来(lái)更(gèng)成(chéng)熟(shú)。

He grew a beard to look more mature.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)留(liú)个(gè)口(kǒu)信(xìn)，我(wǒ)回(huí)来(lái)会(huì)转(zhuǎn)告(gào)他(tā)。

Please leave a message; I'll pass it on to him when I get back.

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