留 liú in a sentence
Stay (remain - leave - be mindful - maneuver)
留 (liú) means Stay (remain - leave - be mindful - maneuver). Below are 24 of the 53 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请把你的电话号码 留 下。
Qǐng bǎ nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ liú xià.
Please leave your phone number.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 留
请保 留 原始数据。
Qǐng bǎoliú yuánshǐ shùjù.
Please keep the original data.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 原始
我姐姐在国外 留 学。
Wǒ jiějie zài guówài liúxué.
My older sister is studying abroad.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 留学
嫌疑人被依法拘 留 。
Xiányírén bèi yīfǎ jūliú.
The suspect was detained according to law.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拘留
一不 留 神就写错了。
Yì bù liú shén jiù xiě cuò le.
One moment of inattention and I wrote it wrong.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 留神
请 留 下你的电话号码。
Qǐng liú xià nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ.
Please leave your telephone number.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 号码
请 留 下你的联系信息。
Qǐng liú xià nǐ de liánxì xìnxī.
Please leave your contact information.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 信息
他把财产 留 给了孩子。
Tā bǎ cáichǎn liú gěi le háizi.
He left his property to his children.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 财产
他有合法的居 留 手续。
Tā yǒu héfǎ de jūliú shǒuxù.
He has legal residence papers.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 合法
现场遗 留 了一些线索。
Xiànchǎng yíliú le yìxiē xiànsuǒ.
Some clues were left at the scene.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遗留
这里保 留 着原始森林。
Zhèlǐ bǎoliúzhe yuánshǐ sēnlín.
Primeval forest is preserved here.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 原始
这块表是祖父 留 下的。
Zhè kuài biǎo shì zǔfù liúxià de.
This watch was left by his grandfather.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 祖父
我打算明年去中国 留 学。
Wǒ dǎsuàn míngnián qù Zhōngguó liúxué.
I plan to go and study in China next year.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 打算
留 学以前要先学好汉语。
Liúxué yǐqián yào xiān xuéhǎo Hànyǔ.
Before studying abroad you should learn Chinese well first.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 留学
这座老房子保 留 了下来。
Zhè zuò lǎo fángzi bǎoliú le xiàlái.
This old house has been kept.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 保留
墙上还 留 着当年的痕迹。
Qiáng shang hái liúzhe dāngnián de hénjì.
Traces of those years still remain on the wall.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 痕迹
他 留 着一把花白的胡须。
Tā liúzhe yì bǎ huābái de húxū.
He wears a grizzled beard.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 胡须
拘 留 期限不能随意延长。
Jūliú qīxiàn bù néng suíyì yáncháng.
The period of detention cannot be extended at will.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 拘留
他对过去没有太多 留 恋。
Tā duì guòqù méiyǒu tài duō liúliàn.
He does not cling much to the past.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 留恋
过马路要 留 神来往车辆。
Guò mǎlù yào liú shén láiwǎng chēliàng.
Watch out for traffic when crossing the road.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 留神
这件旗袍是奶奶 留 下的。
Zhè jiàn qípáo shì nǎinai liúxià de.
This cheongsam was left by her grandmother.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 旗袍
Reading these is one thing; producing 留 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the travel phrasebook
我保 留 了聊天记录。
Wǒ bǎoliú le liáotiān jìlù.
I've kept the chat log.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
留 appears in 53 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 留
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 留
How is 留 used in a sentence?
This page shows 53 sentences using 留 (liú, "Stay (remain - leave - be mindful - maneuver)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 留 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 留 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 留 an HSK word?
Yes — 留 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 留?
The dictionary page for 留 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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