留戀

See also: 留恋

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	feel attached to; long for; love
trad. (留戀)		留	戀
simp. (留恋)		留	恋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ lyun²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liû-loân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁵ luang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióuliàn
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-lien⁴
    • Yale: lyóu-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouliann
    • Palladius: люлянь (ljuljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ lyun²
    • Yale: làuh lyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ lyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ lün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ lyːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-loân
    • Tâi-lô: liû-luân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liuloaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² luan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ luan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ luan²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lao⁵ luang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâu luàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ luaŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljuw ljwenH

Rime
Character	留	戀
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力求切	力卷切
Baxter	ljuw	ljwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/	/liuᴇnH/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/	/lʷiɛnH/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/	/ljuænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/	/lwianH/
Li Rong	/liu/	/liuɛnH/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/	/lĭwɛnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/	/li̯wɛnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú	luàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau4	lyun6

Verb

留戀

1. to be reluctant to leave (a person or place)
2. to recall with nostalgia

Synonyms

• (to be reluctant to leave): 流連／流连 (liúlián), 依戀／依恋 (yīliàn)
• (to recall with nostalgia):

• 回味 (huíwèi) (to recall something and ponder it)
• 回念 (huíniàn)
• 回想 (huíxiǎng)
• 回憶／回忆 (huíyì)
• 回溯 (huísù)
• 回顧／回顾 (huígù)
• 回首 (huíshǒu)
• 思古 (sīgǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
• 感念 (gǎnniàn) (to recall fondly)
• 感懷／感怀 (gǎnhuái) (to recall with emotion)
• 想起 (xiǎngqǐ)
• 憶／忆 (yì)
• 憶想／忆想 (yìxiǎng)
• 懷古／怀古 (huáigǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
• 浮想 (fúxiǎng)
• 緬想／缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
• 緬懷／缅怀 (miǎnhuái) (to cherish the memory of, especially the deceased)
• 記／记 (jì)
• 記得／记得 (jìde)
• 記憶／记忆 (jìyì)
• 記起／记起 (jìqǐ)
• 諗起／谂起 (nam² hei²) (Cantonese)
• 追 (literary, or in compounds)
• 追念 (zhuīniàn)
• 追思 (zhuīsī) (especially the deceased)
• 追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
• 追憶／追忆 (zhuīyì)
• 追懷／追怀 (zhuīhuái)
• 遙想／遥想 (yáoxiǎng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (留戀):

• → Vietnamese: lưu luyến (留戀)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
留	戀

Verb

留戀

1. chữ Hán form of lưu luyến (“to be emotionally attached to; to be unwilling to part (with)”).