收留

Chinese

		to receive; to accept; to collect to receive; to accept; to collect; in care of (used on address line after name)	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
simp. and trad. (收留)		收	留

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shōuliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ lau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû-liù
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shōuliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shoulióu
    • Wade–Giles: shou¹-liu²
    • Yale: shōu-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shouliou
    • Palladius: шоулю (šoulju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: sāu làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû-liù
    • Hakka Romanization System: su´ liuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹ liu²
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴ li̯u¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-liû
    • Tâi-lô: siu-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuliuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² liu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ liu²³/

Verb

收留

1. to take in; to accept; to house

   要不是您收留我，我還能上哪兒去呀？ [MSC, trad.]
   要不是您收留我，我还能上哪儿去呀？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yàobùshì nín shōuliú wǒ, wǒ hái néng shàng nǎr qù ya? [Pinyin]

   If you hadn't have taken me in, where could I have gone?

Synonyms

• 容留 (róngliú)
• 收容 (shōuróng)

 

Derived terms

• 收留所