留守

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	to guard
simp. and trad. (留守)		留	守

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúshǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ sau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liû-siú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúshǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióushǒu
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-shou³
    • Yale: lyóu-shǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoou
    • Palladius: люшоу (ljušou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ sau²
    • Yale: làuh sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-siú
    • Tâi-lô: liû-siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liusiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² siu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ siu⁴¹/

Verb

留守

1. (historical) to act as an emperor during his absence from the capital
2. to stay behind to take care of things; to stay behind for garrison or liaison duty (after the main forces have left)

   留守兒童／留守儿童  ―  liúshǒu értóng  ―  left-behind children

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
留	守
る Grade: 5	す Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

留(る)守(す) • (rusu) 

1. absence

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 居留守(いるす) (irusu): pretending to be absent from home
• 御留守(おるす) (orusu)
• 神(かみ)の留守(るす) (kami no rusu)
• 留守居(るすい) (rusui)
• 留守中(るすちゅう) (rusuchū)
• 留守勝(るすが)ち (rusugachi)
• 留守神(るすがみ) (rusugami)
• 留守宅(るすたく) (rusutaku)
• 留守所(るすどころ) (rusudokoro)
• 留守番(るすばん) (rusuban)
• 留守録(るすろく) (rusuroku)
• 留守(るす)を預(あず)かる (rusu o azukaru)
• 留守(るす)を使(つか)う (rusu o tsukau)

Verb

留(る)守(す)する • (rusu suru) suru (stem 留(る)守(す)し (rusu shi), past 留(る)守(す)した (rusu shita))

1. be absent, be out

Conjugation

Conjugation of "留守する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	留守し	るすし	rusu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	留守し	るすし	rusu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	留守する	るすする	rusu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	留守する	るすする	rusu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	留守すれ	るすすれ	rusu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	留守せよ¹ 留守しろ²	るすせよ¹ るすしろ²	rusu seyo¹ rusu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	留守される	るすされる	rusu sareru
Causative	留守させる 留守さす	るすさせる るすさす	rusu saseru rusu sasu
Potential	留守できる	るすできる	rusu dekiru
Volitional	留守しよう	るすしよう	rusu shiyō
Negative	留守しない	るすしない	rusu shinai
Negative continuative	留守せず	るすせず	rusu sezu
Formal	留守します	るすします	rusu shimasu
Perfective	留守した	るすした	rusu shita
Conjunctive	留守して	るすして	rusu shite
Hypothetical conditional	留守すれば	るすすれば	rusu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
留	守

Noun

留守 • (yusu) (hangeul 유수)

1. hanja form^? of 유수