| 留 | liú | to leave (eg a message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve |
| 保留 | bǎo liú | to retain; to continue to have; to preserve; to maintain; to reserve; reservations; to hold back (approval or acceptance) |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over |
| 遗留 | yí liú | (leave or be a) legacy; left over; hand down (to next generation) |
| 残留 | cán liú | to remain; left over; surplus; remnant |
| 拘留 | jū liú | to detain (a prisoner); to keep sb in custody |
| 留学生 | liú xué shēng | student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student; CL:个,位 |
| 留给 | liú gěi | to set aside for |
| 留心 | liú xīn | to be careful; to pay attention to |
| 留学 | liú xué | to study abroad |
| 自留地 | zì liú dì | private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm |
| 留守 | liú shǒu | to stay behind to take care of things |
| 留意 | liú yì | to take care; mindful |
| 留恋 | liú liàn | reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly |
| 留神 | liú shén | to take care; to be careful |
| 扣留 | kòu liú | to detain; to arrest; to hold; to confiscate |
| 留存 | liú cún | to keep; to preserve; extant; to remain (from the past) |
| 留情 | liú qíng | to relent (to spare sb's feelings); to show mercy or forgiveness; to forbear; lenient |
| 留用 | liú yòng | to continue in employment; to hold on to one's job; to continue using |
| 留念 | liú niàn | to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly |
| 挽留 | wǎn liú | to persuade sb to stay |
| 留声机 | liú shēng jī | gramophone; phonograph |
| 滞留 | zhì liú | to detain; retention |
| 留置 | liú zhì | to retain one's job |
| 逗留 | dòu liú | to stay at; to stop over |
| 志留纪 | Zhì liú jì | Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago) |
| 留任 | liú rèn | to remain in office; to hold on to one's job |
| 留传 | liú chuán | a legacy; to bequeath (to later generations) |
| 居留 | jū liú | residence; to reside |
| 留空 | liú kōng | leave blank spaces in writing |
| 留连 | liú lián | reluctant to leave |
| 久留 | jiǔ liú | to stay for a long time |
| 保留剧目 | bǎo liú jù mù | repertory; stock (in theater) |
| 保留区 | bǎo liú qū | reservation (for an ethnic minority) |
| 刑事拘留 | xíng shì jū liú | to detain as criminal |
| 剃发留辫 | tì fà liú biàn | to shave the head but keep the queue |
| 勾留 | gōu liú | to stay; to stop over; to break one's journey |
| 半保留复制 | bàn bǎo liú fù zhì | semiconservative replication |
| 去留 | qù liú | going or staying |
| 吸留 | xī liú | to absorb; to take in and retain |
国家留学基金管理
委员会 | guó jiā liú xué jī jīn guǎn lǐ wěi yuán huì | China scholarship council CSC |
| 存留 | cún liú | remaining; extant |
| 居留权 | jū liú quán | right of abode (law) |
| 居留证 | jū liú zhèng | residence permit |
| 屯留 | Tún liú | Tunliu county in Changzhi 长治, Shanxi |
| 屯留县 | Tún liú xiàn | Tunliu county in Changzhi 长治, Shanxi |
| 弥留 | mí liú | seriously ill and about to die |
| 志留系 | Zhì liú xì | Silurian system (geology); see 志留纪 |
| 爱留根纳 | Ài liú gēn nà | Eriugena, John Scottus (c. 810-880) Irish poet, theologian, and philosopher of Neoplatonism |
| 手下留情 | shǒu xià liú qíng | lit. start off leniently (idiom); please do not be too strict with me; Do not judge me too harshly.; Look favorably on my humble efforts. |
