残留 cánliú▶ residual

Stroke order

残留 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 残 — 9 strokes
• 留 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. to remain; to be left over
2. residual; remnant
3. residue

Related words

• 拘留detener
• 摧残devastar; arruinar
• 残忍brutal
• 残疾Una discapacidad
• 残酷cruel
• 滞留retención

残留 is pronounced cánliú and means “residual”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 残留 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.