Dictionary › 逗留

逗留

dòu liú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

逗留 (dòu liú) means "to stay for a while; to sojourn". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 逗留 means

1. to stay for a while; to sojourn

The characters in 逗留

• 逗dòuto tease (playfully); to entice; (colloquial) to joke; (colloquial) funny; amusing
• 留liúto leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay

Example sentences

• 你在这里逗留多久?
  How long are you going to stay here?
• 你会在这里逗留多久？
  Nǐ huì zài zhèlǐ dòuliú duōjiǔ?
  How long will you stay here?
• 不要在阳光下逗留太久。
  Bù yào zài yángguāng xià dòuliú tài jiǔ.
  Don't stay in the sun too long.
• 他们会坚持要她逗留久一点。
  Tāmen huì jiānchí yào tā dòuliú jiǔ yīdiǎn.
  They will insist on her staying there longer.

Sounds the same

Read dòu liú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 逗遛variant of 逗留

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dòu liú correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.