留 liú to leave (a message etc)to retainto stayto remainto keepto preserve Example sentences 你要不要留在这里吃晚饭再回家？ nǐ yào bùyào liú zài zhèlǐ chī wǎnfàn zài huí jiā? Do you want to stay here and eat dinner before you go home? 我将留在这里一直到十二点钟。 wǒ jiāng liú zài zhèlǐ yīzhí dào shí'èr diǎn zhōng. I will stay here until twelve o'clock