留下 liúxià HSK2 to leave behind Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 留下 liú//xià to leave behind verb + particle to leave behind, hand down, or entail (e.g. an address, a legacy, or an orphan) 他给我们留下了线索。 tā gěi wǒmen liú xià le xiànsuǒ. He left us a clue. 她没有留下任何的钱。 tā méiyǒu liú xià rènhé de qián. She didn’t leave any money. to stay behind verb + particle to remain in a place; to stay and not depart 留下和离开都是选择。 liú xià hé lí kāi dōu shì xuǎnzé. Staying and leaving are both choices. to keep verb + particle to keep, reserve, or preserve (e.g. a receipt or a memory) 给自己留下足够的空间。 gěi zìjǐ liú xià zúgòu de kōngjiān. Leave yourself enough space. to ask to stay verb + particle to keep someone from leaving; to ask someone to stay for a purpose like a meal or meeting 你能留下吃午饭吗？ nǐ néng liú xià chī wǔfàn ma? Can you stay for lunch? Frequency Movie subtitles 140.7 per million appears in 45% of films Written text 77.2 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 2 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
留下 liú//xià to leave behind verb + particle to leave behind, hand down, or entail (e.g. an address, a legacy, or an orphan) 他给我们留下了线索。 tā gěi wǒmen liú xià le xiànsuǒ. He left us a clue. 她没有留下任何的钱。 tā méiyǒu liú xià rènhé de qián. She didn’t leave any money. to stay behind verb + particle to remain in a place; to stay and not depart 留下和离开都是选择。 liú xià hé lí kāi dōu shì xuǎnzé. Staying and leaving are both choices. to keep verb + particle to keep, reserve, or preserve (e.g. a receipt or a memory) 给自己留下足够的空间。 gěi zìjǐ liú xià zúgòu de kōngjiān. Leave yourself enough space. to ask to stay verb + particle to keep someone from leaving; to ask someone to stay for a purpose like a meal or meeting 你能留下吃午饭吗？ nǐ néng liú xià chī wǔfàn ma? Can you stay for lunch? Frequency Movie subtitles 140.7 per million appears in 45% of films Written text 77.2 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 2 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
