Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/留-liú-keep;-leave-behind

留 liú keep; leave behind in Mandarin Chinese

Definition

Radical is 田 tián “field.” The whole character can serve as a phonetic, e.g., in 瘤 liú “tumor.”

Examples

• 留 liú keep; leave behind [V]

• 给她留一个条子 gĕi tā liú yíge tiáozi leave a note for her (給她留一個條子)

• 留下 liúxià leave behind [RC] (e.g., 留下名片 “leave a name card”)

• 留学 (留學) liúxué study abroad [VO]

• 留学生 (留學生) liúxuéshēng student who studies abroad [N]

Sources

Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler

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