HSK 6 · Verbs

遗留 yíliú “to be left over” in Chinese

Traditional 遺留

What 遗留 means

  1. to be left over
  2. to remain
  3. to hand down
  4. to leave behind

How to say 遗留

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale遗yí2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale留liú2nd tone, rising

遗留 in a sentence

  1. 这是上次会议遗留下来的问题。

    Zhè shì shàngcì huìyì yíliú xiàlai de wèntí.

    This is an issue left over from the last meeting.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这些老房子是祖先遗留下来的。

    Zhèxiē lǎo fángzi shì zǔxiān yíliú xiàlai de.

    These old houses were left to us by our ancestors.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 遗留 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 遗 (yí) with each of its parts in a different colour
遗yíto leave behind
  • 贵expensive · guì
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuò
The character 留 (liú) with each of its parts in a different colour
留liúto leave
  • 卯part of the character
  • 田field · tián

How to write 遗留

遗 12 strokes · 留 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 遗留

Words with 遗

遗憾yíhàn · regret遗传yíchuán · genetic遗失yíshī · to lose (something)遗产yíchǎn · heritage

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留恋liúliàn · to be reluctant to leave拘留jūliú · to detain

More words: Common Verbs

压榨yāzhà · to squeeze压制yāzhì · to suppress依靠yīkào · to rely on依赖yīlài · to depend on引导yǐndǎo · to guide应邀yìngyāo · at someone’s invitation遗失yíshī · to lose (something)依托yītuō · to rely on

FAQs

遗留 (yíliú) means “to be left over” or “to remain”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yíliú: yí with a 2nd tone, then liú with a 2nd 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, 遗留 is written 遺留. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yiliu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 遗留 from the suggestions. Typing yiliu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
遗留 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.