HSK 2 · Meeting & staying

留下

liú xià

to stay; to leave behind

Stroke order of 留下

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

留 · 10 strokes 下 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

Keep 留 something and put it down 下 below: it is left behind.

Parts: 留 stay/keep + 下 down

The characters in 留下

留 liú — to stay; to keep (10 strokes)
下 xià — down; under; below (3 strokes)

Example sentence

他留下了一张纸条。

He left behind a note.

Words with 留

留学生international student 留to stay; to keep 留学to study abroad 保留to keep; to retain

Words with 下

下午afternoon 楼下downstairs 下课class is over 下班to get off work 下车to get off (a vehicle)坐下to sit down 下down; under; below 下边below; bottom 下雨to rain 下次next time 一下儿(once; a bit)下雪to snow 零下below zero 下周next week 接下来next; following 以下below; less than 放下to put down 一下a bit; once

More words: Meeting & staying

见到to see; to meet 见过to have seen 碰到to run into 碰见to run into 留to stay; to keep 分开to separate 占to occupy; to take up 流to flow 气air; to anger 长to grow; head; chief 当to act as; when 才only then; just 提出to put forward 提到to mention 行动action; to act 行为behaviour

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