留 — to leave; to retain; to stay
to leave; to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
- Pinyin
- liú
- Strokes
- 10
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 留: 10 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 留 in the HSK syllabus: 19
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 留学liúxuéto study abroadHSK 3
- 留学生liúxuéshēngstudent studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international studentHSK 3
- 留liúto leave; to retain; to stay; to remain; to keepHSK 4
- 留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keepHSK 4
- 保留bǎoliúto keep; to retain; to have reservationsHSK 5
- 留言liúyánto leave a message; to leave one's comments; messageHSK 5
- 停留tíngliúto stay somewhere temporarily; to stop overHSK 5
- 残留cánliúto remain; to be left over; residual; remnantHSK 7–9
- 逗留dòuliúto stay for a while; to sojournHSK 7–9
- 拘留jūliúto detain; to keep sb in custodyHSK 7–9
- 扣留kòuliúto detain sb; to hold sb against their willHSK 7–9
- 留恋liúliànreluctant to leave; to hate to have to goHSK 7–9
- 留念liúniànto keep as a souvenir; to recall fondlyHSK 7–9
- 留神liúshénto take care; to be carefulHSK 7–9
- 留心liúxīnto be careful; to pay attention toHSK 7–9
- 留意liúyìto be mindful; to pay attention to; to take note ofHSK 7–9
- 收留shōuliúto offer shelter; to have sb in one's careHSK 7–9
- 遗留yíliúto leave behind; to hand downHSK 7–9
- 滞留zhìliúto remain in; to be stranded; to remain; to lingerHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.