留種

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	to plant; to cultivate; kind to plant; to cultivate; kind; type; race; breed; seed; species (taxonomy)
trad. (留種)		留	種
simp. (留种)		留	种

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúzhǒng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ zung²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù-chúng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúzhǒng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓㄨㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióujhǒng
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-chung³
    • Yale: lyóu-jǔng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioujoong
    • Palladius: лючжун (ljučžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ zung²
    • Yale: làuh júng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ dzung²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ zung²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ t͡sʊŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-chúng
    • Hakka Romanization System: liu^ˇ zung^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liu² zung³
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹ t͡suŋ³¹/

Verb

留種

1. to inseminate

   留種公豬／留种公猪  ―  liúzhǒng gōngzhū  ―  inseminating father pig

   留種繁殖／留种繁殖  ―  liúzhǒng fánzhí  ―  insemination and reproduction