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

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

(literary) to await
to ask someone to stay; to keep someone at one's home
(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

(Song, Yuan) youth in the marketplace

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