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停留

tíng liú

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

停留 (tíng liú) means "to stay somewhere temporarily; to stop over". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 停留 means

1. to stay somewhere temporarily
2. to stop over

The characters in 停留

• 停tíngto stop; to halt; to park (a car)
• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay

Example sentences

• 她延长停留五天。
  She extended her stay by five days.
• 她多停留了五天。
  She extended her stay by five days.
• 我没有打算停留太久。
  Wǒ méiyǒu dǎsuàn tíngliú tài jiǔ.
  I don't plan to stay very long.
• 你打算长时间停留吗？
  Nǐ dǎsuàn cháng shíjiān tíngliú ma?
  Do you plan to stay long?
• 有些人在入口处停留。
  Some people were hanging around at the entrance.
• 在这停留，这不可能。
  It's not possible to stop here.

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read tíng liú correctly.
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