Chinese Word Entry

吸留
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): xī liú
Cantonese (Jyutping): kap1 lau4
Definitions:
  1. to absorb

  2. to take in and retain


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Chinese characters used in this word

suck, imbibe, inhale, sip, suck in, absorb, attract
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧ (xī)
Cantonese: kap1
Japanese: キュウ (kyuu) / す.う (suu)
Korean: 흡 (heub)
Vietnamese: hấp, cộp
Variants
Semantic variant form:

detain, fasten, halt, stop, stay, keep
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ (liú), ㄌㄧㄡˋ (liù), ㄌㄧㄡˇ (liǔ)
Cantonese: lau4
Japanese: リュウ (ryuu)、 ル (ru) / と.める (tomeru)、 と.まる (tomaru)、 とど.める (todomeru)、 とど.まる (todomaru)、 るうぶる (ruuburu)
Korean: 류 (ryu), 유 (yu)
Vietnamese: lưu