挽留

Chinese

		draw; pull; send funeral ode	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
simp. and trad. (挽留)		挽	留
alternative forms		輓留／挽留

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǎnliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁵ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boán-liû / bán-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǎnliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǎnlióu
    • Wade–Giles: wan³-liu²
    • Yale: wǎn-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanliou
    • Palladius: ваньлю (vanʹlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän²¹⁴⁻²¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁵ lau⁴
    • Yale: wáahn làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁵ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁵ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn¹³ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boán-liû
    • Tâi-lô: buán-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boafnliuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /buan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bán-liû
    • Tâi-lô: bán-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bafnliuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liu²³/

Verb

挽留

1. to urge someone to stay