留置

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	to install; to place; to put
simp. and trad. (留置)		留	置

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ zi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâu-tì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúzhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióujhìh
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-chih⁴
    • Yale: lyóu-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioujyh
    • Palladius: лючжи (ljučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 流質 / 流质 留置

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ zi³
    • Yale: làuh ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ t͡siː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâu-tì
    • Tâi-lô: lâu-tì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lau'dix
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lau²⁴⁻²² ti²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lau²⁴⁻²² ti⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /lau¹³⁻²² ti²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lau²⁴⁻¹¹ ti¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau²³⁻³³ ti²¹/

Verb

留置

1. to leave in place (for further use); to retain
2. (law) to keep a suspect in custody

Adjective

留置

1. (medicine, attributive) indwelling

Usage notes

In Mainland China, noun sense 2 especially refers to pretrial detention by the National Supervisory Commission in relation to corruption offences.

Derived terms

• 留置權 / 留置权 (liúzhìquán)
• 留置針 / 留置针

Japanese

Kanji in this term
留	置
りゅう Grade: 5	ち Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

留(りゅう)置(ち) • (ryūchi) 

1. detainment, custody

Verb

留(りゅう)置(ち)する • (ryūchi suru) transitive suru (stem 留(りゅう)置(ち)し (ryūchi shi), past 留(りゅう)置(ち)した (ryūchi shita))

1. detain, keep

Conjugation

Conjugation of "留置する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	留置し	りゅうちし	ryūchi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	留置し	りゅうちし	ryūchi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	留置する	りゅうちする	ryūchi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	留置する	りゅうちする	ryūchi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	留置すれ	りゅうちすれ	ryūchi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	留置せよ¹ 留置しろ²	りゅうちせよ¹ りゅうちしろ²	ryūchi seyo¹ ryūchi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	留置される	りゅうちされる	ryūchi sareru
Causative	留置させる 留置さす	りゅうちさせる りゅうちさす	ryūchi saseru ryūchi sasu
Potential	留置できる	りゅうちできる	ryūchi dekiru
Volitional	留置しよう	りゅうちしよう	ryūchi shiyō
Negative	留置しない	りゅうちしない	ryūchi shinai
Negative continuative	留置せず	りゅうちせず	ryūchi sezu
Formal	留置します	りゅうちします	ryūchi shimasu
Perfective	留置した	りゅうちした	ryūchi shita
Conjunctive	留置して	りゅうちして	ryūchi shite
Hypothetical conditional	留置すれば	りゅうちすれば	ryūchi sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

• “留置”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
留	置

Noun

留置 • (yuchi) (hangeul 유치)

1. hanja form^? of 유치 (“detention”)