| 1 | 留 | 留 | liú | liu2 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve; old variant of 留 ; old variant of 留 | | |
| 2 | 留下 | 留下 | liú xià | liu2 xia4 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | | |
| 3 | 留给 | 留給 | liú gěi | liu2 gei3 | to set aside for | | |
| 4 | 留学 | 留學 | liú xué | liu2 xue2 | to study abroad | | |
| 5 | 留心 | 留心 | liú xīn | liu2 xin1 | to be careful; to pay attention to | | |
| 6 | 留学生 | 留學生 | liú xué shēng | liu2 xue2 sheng1 | student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 7 | 留恋 | 留戀 | liú liàn | liu2 lian4 | reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly | | |
| 8 | 留党察看 | 留黨察看 | liú dǎng chá kàn | liu2 dang3 cha2 kan4 | to be on probation within the Party (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 留级 | 留級 | liú jí | liu2 ji2 | to repeat a year in school | | |
| 10 | 留话 | 留話 | liú huà | liu2 hua4 | to leave word; to leave a message | | |
| 11 | 留后路 | 留後路 | liú hòu lù | liu2 hou4 lu4 | to leave oneself a way out | | |
| 12 | 留芳千古 | 留芳千古 | liú fāng qiān gǔ | liu2 fang1 qian1 gu3 | a good reputation to last down the generations | | |
| 13 | 留芳百世 | 留芳百世 | liú fāng bǎi shì | liu2 fang1 bai3 shi4 | a good reputation to last a hundred generations | | |
| 14 | 留饭 | 留飯 | liú fàn | liu2 fan4 | to put some food aside for sb; to invite sb to stay for a meal; invitation to dinner | | |
| 15 | 留作 | 留作 | liú zuò | liu2 zuo4 | to set aside for; to keep as | | |
| 16 | 留得青山在,不怕没柴烧 | 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒 | liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo | liu2 de5 qing1 shan1 zai4 , bu4 pa4 mei2 chai2 shao1 | While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope. | | |
| 17 | 留待 | 留待 | liú dài | liu2 dai4 | to leave sth for later; to postpone (work, a decision etc) | | |
| 18 | 留存收益 | 留存收益 | liú cún shōu yì | liu2 cun2 shou1 yi4 | retained earnings | | |
| 19 | 留存 | 留存 | liú cún | liu2 cun2 | to keep; to preserve; extant; to remain (from the past) | | |
| 20 | 留成儿 | 留成兒 | liú chéng r | liu2 cheng2 r5 | a retained portion (of a sum of money); to hold back a percentage (of the takings) | | |
| 21 | 留成 | 留成 | liú chéng | liu2 cheng2 | to retain a portion (of profits etc) | | |
| 22 | 留别 | 留別 | liú bié | liu2 bie2 | a departing gift; a souvenir on leaving; a poem to mark one's departure | | |
| 23 | 留班 | 留班 | liú bān | liu2 ban1 | to repeat a year in school | | |
| 24 | 留白 | 留白 | liú bái | liu2 bai2 | to leave a message; to leave some empty space in a work of art; to leave idle moments (in one's life, a theater play etc) | | |
| 25 | 留坝县 | 留壩縣 | liú bà xiàn | Liu2 ba4 Xian4 | Liuba County in Hanzhong 汉中 , Shaanxi | | |