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留下

liú xià

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

留下 (liú xià) means "to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 留下 means

1. to leave behind
2. to stay behind
3. to remain
4. to keep
5. not to let (sb) go

The characters in 留下

• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Example sentences

• 留下来了
  Liúxià lái le
  It is left here.
• 留下来！
  Stay!
• 欢迎留下来。
  Feel free to stay.
• 我想要留下。
  I want to stay.
• 我不能留下。
  I can't stay.
• 让我们留下。
  Let us stay.

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