㽞〔留〕 {liú}

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

畱〔留〕 {liú}

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

留 lau⁴ {liú}

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

留低 lau⁴ dai¹ {liú dī}

stay (spoken)

留番 lau⁴ faan¹ {liú fān}

(verb) keep; Maintain

留意 lau⁴ ji³ {liúyì}

(verb) 1. To mind; 2. Be caution

留鬚〔-须〕 lau⁴ sou¹ {liú xū}

(verb) to grow beard

留堂 lau⁴ tong⁴ {liútáng}

(verb) Put in detention

留壩〔-坝〕 lau⁴ baa³ {Liú bà}

Liuba County in Hanzhong 漢中, Shaanxi

留白 lau⁴ baak⁶ {liú bái}

to leave a message

留班 lau⁴ baan¹ {liú bān}

1. to repeat a year (in school)
2. to resit a failed course
3. to fail admission to next year's course

留別〔-别〕 lau⁴ bit⁶ {liú bié}

1. a departing gift
2. a souvenir on leaving
3. a poem to mark one's departure

留步 lau⁴ bou⁶ {liú bù}

(said by departing guest) no need to see me out

留情 lau⁴ cing⁴ {liú qíng}

1. to relent (to spare sb's feelings)
2. to show mercy or forgiveness
3. to forbear
4. lenient

留傳〔-传〕 lau⁴ cyun⁴ {liú chuán}

1. a legacy
2. to bequeath (to later generations)

留存 lau⁴ cyun⁴ {liú cún}

1. to keep
2. to preserve
3. extant
4. to remain (from the past)

留待 lau⁴ doi⁶ {liú dài}

1. to leave sth for later
2. to postpone (work, a decision etc)

留都 lau⁴ dou¹ {liú dū}

the old capital (after a move)

留飯〔-饭〕 lau⁴ faan⁶ {liú fàn}

1. to stay for a meal
2. food kept for sb

留下 lau⁴ haa⁶ {liú xià}

1. to leave behind
2. to stay behind
3. to remain
4. to keep
5. not to let (sb) go

留客 lau⁴ haak³ {liú kè}

1. to ask a guest to stay
2. to detain a guest

留校 lau⁴ haau⁶ {liú xiào}

1. to join the faculty of one's alma mater upon graduation
2. to remain at school during vacation

留學〔-学〕 lau⁴ hok⁶ {liú xué}

to study abroad

留空 lau⁴ hung¹ {liú kōng}

leave blank spaces in writing

留飲〔-饮〕 lau⁴ jam² {liú yǐn}

1. edema (accumulation of interstitial fluids in internal organs)
2. dropsy

留任 lau⁴ jam⁶ {liú rèn}

1. to remain in office
2. to hold on to one's job

留醫〔-医〕 lau⁴ ji¹ {liú yī}

to be hospitalized

留意 lau⁴ ji³ {liú yì}

1. to be mindful
2. to pay attention to
3. to take note of

留言 lau⁴ jin⁴ {liú yán}

1. to leave a message
2. to leave one's comments
3. message

留影 lau⁴ jing² {liú yǐng}

1. to take photos as a souvenir
2. a souvenir photo

留洋 lau⁴ joeng⁴ {liú yáng}

1. to study abroad (old term)
2. same as 留學

留用 lau⁴ jung⁶ {liú yòng}

1. to continue in employment
2. to hold on to one's job
3. to continue using

留園〔-园〕 lau⁴ jyun⁴ {Liú Yuán}

Lingering Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu

留給〔-给〕 lau⁴ kap¹ {liú gěi}

to set aside for

留級〔-级〕 lau⁴ kap¹ {liú jí}

1. to repeat a year (in school)
2. to resit a failed course
3. to fail admission to next year's course

留戀〔-恋〕 lau⁴ lyun² {liú liàn}

1. reluctant to leave
2. to hate to have to go
3. to recall fondly

留門〔-门〕 lau⁴ mun⁴ {liú mén}

to leave the door unlocked for sb

留難〔-难〕 lau⁴ naan⁴ {liú nàn}

1. to make sth difficult
2. to create obstacles

留念 lau⁴ nim⁶ {liú niàn}

1. to keep as a souvenir
2. to recall fondly

留鳥〔-鸟〕 lau⁴ niu⁵ {liú niǎo}

nonmigratory bird

留心 lau⁴ sam¹ {liú xīn}

1. to be careful
2. to pay attention to

留神 lau⁴ san⁴ {liú shén}

1. to take care
2. to be careful

留守 lau⁴ sau² {liú shǒu}

to stay behind to take care of things

留成 lau⁴ sing⁴ {liú chéng}

1. a retained portion (of a sum of money)
2. to hold back a percentage (of the takings)

留宿 lau⁴ suk¹ {liú sù}

1. to put up a guest
2. to stay overnight

留題〔-题〕 lau⁴ tai⁴ {liú tí}

extemporaneous thoughts noted down after a visit

留堂 lau⁴ tong⁴ {liú táng}

1. to stay behind (after class)
2. to be given detention
3. detention

留話〔-话〕 lau⁴ waa⁶ {liú huà}

1. to leave word
2. to leave a message

留遺〔-遗〕 lau⁴ wai⁴ {liú yí}

1. to leave behind
2. sb's legacy

留針〔-针〕 lau⁴ zam¹ {liú zhēn}

to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)

留置 lau⁴ zi³ {liú zhì}

to retain one's job

留職〔-职〕 lau⁴ zik¹ {liú zhí}

1. to keep an official position
2. to hold on to one's job

留作 lau⁴ zok³ {liú zuò}

1. to set aside for
2. to keep as

留種〔-种〕 lau⁴ zung² {liú zhǒng}

1. to keep a seed stock
2. seed held back for planting

留駐〔-驻〕 lau⁴ zyu³ {liú zhù}

1. to keep stationed (of troops)
2. to remain as a garrison

留住 lau⁴ zyu⁶ {liú zhù}

1. to ask sb to stay
2. to keep sb for the night
3. to await (classical)

留產所〔-产-〕 lau⁴ caan² so² {liú chǎn suǒ}

maternity home

留後手〔-后-〕 lau⁴ hau⁶ sau² {liú hòu shǒu}

allow for unforeseen circumstances

留案底 lau⁴ on³ dai² {liú àn dǐ}

criminal record filling

留鬍鬚〔-胡须〕 lau⁴ wu⁴ sou¹ {liú hú xū}

(verb) to grow beard

留壩縣〔-坝县〕 lau⁴ baa³ jyun⁶ {Liú bà Xiàn}

Liuba County in Hanzhong 漢中, Shaanxi

留後路〔-后-〕 lau⁴ hau⁶ lou⁶ {liú hòu lù}

to leave oneself a way out

留學生〔-学-〕 lau⁴ hok⁶ saang¹ {liú xué shēng}

1. student studying abroad
2. (foreign) exchange student
3. CL: 個,位

留一手 lau⁴ jat¹ sau² {liú yī shǒu}

1. to hold back a trick
2. not to divulge all one's trade secrets

留言簿 lau⁴ jin⁴ bou² {liú yán bù}

1. visitor's book
2. CL: 本

留言本 lau⁴ jin⁴ bun² {liú yán běn}

guestbook

留餘地〔-余-〕 lau⁴ jyu⁴ dei⁶ {liú yú dì}

1. to leave room to maneuver
2. to leave a margin for error

留蘭香〔-兰-〕 lau⁴ laan⁴ hoeng¹ {liú lán xiāng}

1. mint
2. spearmint

留尾巴 lau⁴ mei⁵ baa¹ {liú wěi ba}

1. to leave loose ends
2. to leave matters unresolved

留尼汪 lau⁴ nei⁴ wong¹ {Liú ní wāng}

Réunion (Island in Indian Ocean, a French overseas department)

留聲機〔-声机〕 lau⁴ sing¹ gei¹ {liú shēng jī}

1. gramophone
2. phonograph

留成兒〔--儿〕 lau⁴ sing⁴ ji⁴ {liú chéng r}

1. a retained portion (of a sum of money)
2. to hold back a percentage (of the takings)

留存收益 lau⁴ cyun⁴ sau¹ jik¹ {liú cún shōu yì}

retained earnings

留芳百世 lau⁴ fong¹ baak³ sai³ {liú fāng bǎi shì}

a good reputation to last a hundred generations

留芳千古 lau⁴ fong¹ cin¹ gu² {liú fāng qiān gǔ}

a good reputation to last down the generations

留軍壁鄴〔-军-邺〕 lau⁴ gwan¹ bik¹ jip⁶ {liú jūn bì yè}

1. troops remaining stationed in Ye
2. fig. a hardship posting

留有餘地〔--余-〕 lau⁴ jau⁵ jyu⁴ dei⁶ {liú yǒu yú dì}

1. to leave some leeway
2. to allow for the unpredictable

留連論詩〔-连论诗〕 lau⁴ lin⁴ leon⁶ si¹ {liú lián lùn shī}

to continue to discuss a poem over a long period

留守兒童〔--儿-〕 lau⁴ sau² ji⁴ tung⁴ {liú shǒu ér tóng}

"left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them

留得青山在，不怕沒柴燒〔--------没-烧〕 lau⁴ dak¹ cing¹ saan¹ zoi⁶ ，bat¹ paa³ mut⁶ caai⁴ siu¹ {liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo}

While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.