Memory phrase for the character: 留

留

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Meaning

stay, to remain, to halt, to leave (eg a message)

Pronunciation

liú

Explanation

 Top: bend , sword 刀, bottom: field 田

Mnemonic
 
(Old soldiers guard the grain?) The bent person with a sword is at the field to stay.

Radicals

留 remain
田 field




 Vocabulary

保留 bǎo liú  to retain; to continue to have; to preserve; to maintain; to reserve; reservations; to hold back (approval or acceptance)
停留 tíng liú  to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over
遗留 yí liú  (leave or be a) legacy; left over; hand down (to next generation)
扣留 kòu liú  to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate
拘留 jū liú  to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
逗留 dòu liú  to stay at; to stop over
剃发留辫 tì fà liú biàn  to shave the head but keep the queue
剃发留辫 tì fà liú biàn  

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