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滞留

zhì liú

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 滯留

滞留 (zhì liú) means "(of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded; (of sth that would". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 滞留 means

1. (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving); to be stranded
2. (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain; to linger

The characters in 滞留

• 滞zhì(bound form) sluggish; stagnant
• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay

Words starting with 滞留

• 滞留锋zhì liú fēngstationary front (meteorology)

Where 滞留 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhì–zhōng (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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