| liú | leave (message)/to retain/to stay/to remain/to keep/to preserve |
| 留 | to leave (eg a message) to retain to stay |
| 留一手 | to hold back a trick not to divulge all one's trade secrets |
| 留下 | to leave behind to stay behind to remain |
| 留个退路 | to leave some leeway |
| 留任 | to remain in office to hold on to one's job |
| 留传 | a legacy to bequeath (to later generations) |
| 留住 | to ask sb to stay to keep sb for the night to await (classical) |
| 留余地 | room for maneuver to leave a margin for error |
| 留作 | to set apart |
| 留作他用 | to reserve for other use |
| 留党察看 | placing on probation within the party |
| 留兰香 | mint spearmint |
| 留军壁邺 | troops remaining stationed in Ye fig. a hardship posting |
| 留出 | put apart; set aside |
| 留利 | retained profits |
| 留别 | a departing gift a souvenir on leaving a poem to mark one's departure |
| 留医 | to be hospitalized |
| 留取丹心照汗青 | My loyalty may leave a page in the annals. |
| 留名 | leave behind a good reputation |
| 留后手 | leave room for maneuver |