遗留 meaning in English

yíliú

to leave behind; to hand down

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 遺留22 strokes

Meaning of 遗留

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yíliú
  1. to leave behind
  2. to hand down

遗留 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ一yí定dìng是shì把bǎ它tā遗yí留liú在zài巴bā士shì上shàng了le。
I must have left it on the bus.

Stroke order for each character

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遗 yí · to lose · 12 strokes

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留 liú · to leave · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 遗留.

留下liúxiato leave behind; to stay behind
留学生liúxuéshēngstudent studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student
保留bǎoliúto keep; to retain
留学liúxuéto study abroad
遗产yíchǎnheritage; legacy
遗传yíchuánheredity; to inherit (a trait)
停留tíngliúto stay for a time; to stop; to remain; to remain (at a stage, level etc)
遗憾yíhànregret; to regret
留言liúyánto leave a message; to leave one's comments; message
留意liúyìto be mindful; to pay attention to
遗嘱yízhǔtestament; will
遗忘yíwàngto forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore

Questions about 遗留

What does 遗留 mean?

遗留 (yíliú) means "to leave behind; to hand down" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 遗留?

遗留 is made of 2 characters: 遗 (12 strokes), 留 (10 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 遗留 an HSK word?

Yes. 遗留 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 遗留 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 遗留 is written 遺留.