HSK 6 · Transport

滞留 zhìliú “to be stranded” in Chinese

Traditional 滯留

What 滞留 means

  1. to be stranded
  2. to stay (longer than planned)
  3. (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving)
  4. (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain
  5. to linger

How to say 滞留

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale滞zhì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale留liú2nd tone, rising

滞留 in a sentence

  1. 因为大雾，很多旅客滞留在机场。

    Yīnwèi dàwù, hěn duō lǚkè zhìliú zài jīchǎng.

    Because of the thick fog, many passengers were stranded at the airport.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他在国外滞留了半年才回来。

    Tā zài guówài zhìliú le bàn nián cái huílai.

    He stayed abroad for six months longer than planned before coming back.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 滞留 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 滞 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
滞zhìsluggish; stagnant
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 带belt · dàiSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 带 (dài) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

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 滞留

滞 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.

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

Words related to 滞留

Words with 滞

停滞tíngzhì · to stagnate

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留恋liúliàn · to be reluctant to leave

More words: Everyday Things

停泊tíngbó · to anchor托运tuōyùn · to check in (luggage)向导xiàngdǎo · guide引擎yǐnqíng · engine终点zhōngdiǎn · finish line舟zhōu · boat专程zhuānchéng · specially (making a special trip)装卸zhuāngxiè · to load and unload

FAQs

滞留 (zhìliú) means “to be stranded” or “to stay (longer than planned)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhìliú: zhì with a 4th 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, 滞留 is written 滯留. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhiliu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 滞留 from the suggestions. Typing zhiliu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
滞留 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.