留住

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	to live; to dwell; to reside to live; to dwell; to reside; to stop
simp. and trad. (留住)		留	住

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúzhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ zyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióujhù
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-chu⁴
    • Yale: lyóu-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioujuh
    • Palladius: лючжу (ljučžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ zyu⁶
    • Yale: làuh jyuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ dzy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ ju⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ t͡syː²²/

Verb

留住

1. (literary) to await
2. to ask someone to stay; to keep someone at one's home
3. (chiefly Cantonese) to keep something

Synonyms

• (to await):

• 伺候
• 佇候 (zhùhòu) (literary)
• 候等 (Hokkien)
• 守候 (shǒuhòu)
• 當等／当等 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 等 (děng)
• 等候 (děnghòu)
• 等待 (děngdài)
• 聽候／听候 (tīnghòu) (literary, or Min Nan)

 

Noun

留住

1. (Song, Yuan) youth in the marketplace