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留下liú xiato leave behind

HSK 4word

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留下 (liú xia) means "to leave behind" or "to stay behind." It appears in 请留下你的电话号码。 (Please leave your phone number.) and 下课后,老师让他留下。 (After class, the teacher asked him to stay behind.) In the dialogue, a teacher asks B to stay after class, B agrees and asks why, and the teacher wants to talk about B's homework.

What does 留下 mean?

  1. 1.

    to leave behindverb

  2. 2.

    to stay behindverb

What do the characters in 留下 mean?

  • 留to stay
  • 下down

How do you use 留下?

See it in 留下电话号码 and 让他留下

What are some examples of 留下 in a sentence?

  1. 请留下你的电话号码。

    Qǐng liúxia nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ.

    Please leave your phone number.

  2. 下课后,老师让他留下。

    Xiàkè hòu, lǎoshī ràng tā liúxia.

    After class, the teacher asked him to stay behind.

How is 留下 used in a conversation?

  1. Speaker A:

    下课后你能留下吗?

    Xiàkè hòu nǐ néng liúxia ma?

    Can you stay behind after class?

  2. Speaker B:

    可以,老师。有什么事?

    Kěyǐ, lǎoshī. Yǒu shénme shì?

    Sure, teacher. What is it?

  3. Speaker A:

    我想跟你说说你的作业。

    Wǒ xiǎng gēn nǐ shuōshuo nǐ de zuòyè.

    I'd like to talk with you about your homework.

  4. Speaker B:

    好的。

    Hǎo de.

    OK.

Can you use 留下 correctly?

0 of 3 answered
  1. 1.Fill in the blank (leave behind): 请___你的电话号码。 (Please leave your phone number.)
  2. 2.What does 下课后,老师让他留下。 mean?
  3. 3.Which word means "to stay behind"?

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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.