HSK 6 · Emotions

留恋 liúliàn “to be reluctant to leave” in Chinese

Traditional 留戀

What 留恋 means

  1. to be reluctant to leave
  2. to yearn for
  3. reluctant to leave
  4. to hate to have to go
  5. to recall fondly

How to say 留恋

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale留liú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale恋liàn4th tone, falling

留恋 in a sentence

  1. 你一定要活在当下，不能总是留恋过去。

    Nǐ yídìng yào huó zài dāngxià, bùnéng zǒngshì liúliàn guòqù.

    You have to live in the present, not keep clinging to the past.

    Sentence #344952 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 留恋 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 留 (liú) with each of its parts in a different colour
留liúto leave
  • 卯part of the character
  • 田field · tián
The character 恋 (liàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
恋liànto feel attached to
  • 亦also · yìSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 亦 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with liàn.

How to write 留恋

留 10 strokes · 恋 10 strokes

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留恋 (liúliàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 留恋 (liúliàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 留恋

Words with 留

留学liúxué · study abroad留学生liúxuéshēng · international student留liú · to stay留下liúxia · to leave behind保留bǎoliú · to keep留神liúshén · to be careful残留cánliú · to remain留念liúniàn · to keep as a memento遗留yíliú · to be left over拘留jūliú · to detain

Words with 恋

恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

冷落lěngluò · to snub乐趣lèqù · delight乐意lèyì · willing谅解liàngjiě · to understand茫然mángrán · at a loss藐视miǎoshì · to despise蔑视mièshì · to despise纳闷儿nàmènr · to feel puzzled

FAQs

留恋 (liúliàn) means “to be reluctant to leave” or “to yearn for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it liúliàn: liú with a 2nd tone, then liàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 留恋 is written 留戀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liulian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 留恋 from the suggestions. Typing liulian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
留恋 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.