保留 bǎoliú▶ retener

Stroke order

保留 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 保 — 9 strokes
• 留 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. to keep
2. to retain
3. to have reservations (about sth)
4. to hold back (from saying sth)
5. to put aside for later

Related words

• 保存Preservación; Conservación
• 保持guardar; mantener
• 保险Seguro
• 留quedarse
• 保养mantener
• 保卫Defender

保留 is pronounced bǎoliú and means “retener”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 保留 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.