留 liú▶ tinggal

Stroke order

留 is written in 10 strokes.

• 留

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 他决定留在北京工作。Tā juédìng liú zài Běijīng gōngzuò.He decided to stay in Beijing to work.
• 请把你的电话号码留给我。Qǐng bǎ nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ liú gěi wǒ.Please leave me your phone number.

Related words

• 保留Mempertahankan
• 留学Studi di luar negeri
• 拘留menahan
• 残留Sisa
• 滞留retensi
• 留念Sebagai suvenir

留 is pronounced liú and means “tinggal”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 留 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.