不留

Chinese

		not; no	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
simp. and trad. (不留)		不	留

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bùliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ lau⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): put-liù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bùliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bùlióu
    • Wade–Giles: pu⁴-liu²
    • Yale: bù-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buliou
    • Palladius: булю (bulju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bat¹ lau⁴
    • Yale: bāt làuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ lau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ leo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ lɐu̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: put-liù
    • Hakka Romanization System: bud` liuˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bud⁵ liu²
    • Sinological IPA: /put̚² li̯u¹¹/

Verb

不留

1. to not stay
2. to not care about; to not indulge in
3. to not retain
4. to not keep someone; to not urge someone to stay

Derived terms

• 三不留
• 不留一字
• 不留餘地／不留余地 (bùliúyúdì)
• 不留體統／不留体统
• 學了個不留／学了个不留
• 寸甲不留
• 寸草不留
• 此處不留人，自有留人處／此处不留人，自有留人处
• 片甲不留
• 雞犬不留／鸡犬不留

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 不留 – see 不嬲 (“always; all along; consistently”). (This term is a variant form of 不嬲).