Chinese edit

 
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
 
leave (message); to retain; to stay
leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
trad. (保留)
simp. #(保留)

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

保留 (transitive)

  1. to retain; to keep; to preserve; to hold back
    員工保留员工保留  ―  yuángōng bǎoliú  ―  employee retention
  2. to reserve
    保留權利保留权利  ―  bǎoliú quánlì  ―  to reserve a right
    保留意見保留意见  ―  bǎoliú yìjiàn  ―  to reserve an opinion (i.e. to have reservations)
    師傅毫不保留講解飛快起來磨刀妙招 [MSC, trad.]
    师傅毫不保留讲解飞快起来磨刀妙招 [MSC, simp.]
    Mài ròu de shīfù háobù bǎoliú de jiǎngjiě ràng dāo fēikuài qǐlái de módāo miàozhāo. [Pinyin]
    The butcher explained without reservation how to sharpen a knife.
  3. to defer for future discussion
  4. to maintain (an original state)

Synonyms edit

  • (to retain):

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Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (保留):

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
りゅう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(りゅう) (horyū

  1. hold, suspension

Verb edit

()(りゅう)する (horyū surusuru (stem ()(りゅう) (horyū shi), past ()(りゅう)した (horyū shita))

  1. defer, suspend

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN