去留

Chinese

		to go; to leave; to remove	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
simp. and trad. (去留)		去	留

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qùliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi³ lau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khì-liû / khù-liû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qùliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyùlióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü⁴-liu²
    • Yale: chyù-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuhliou
    • Palladius: цюйлю (cjujlju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: heoi³ lau⁴
    • Yale: heui làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey³ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu³ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³³ lɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khì-liû
    • Tâi-lô: khì-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qieliuu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ liu²³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khù-liû
    • Tâi-lô: khù-liû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: quoliuu
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰu¹¹⁻⁵³ liu²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 去留

1. going and staying; whether a person stays or not

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
去	留
きょ Grade: 3	りゅう Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese compound 去留 (MC khjoX ljuw). Compare modern Mandarin 去留 (qùliú).

Noun

去(きょ)留(りゅう) • (kyoryū) 

1. going and staying, going or staying
   • Diary entry, 1943/09/28, by Kafū Nagai:
   • 未(いまだ)去留(きょりゅう)を決(けっ)すること能(あた)はざるなり。

     Ima da kyoryū o kessuru koto atahazaru nari.

     I still can't decide on going or staying.