逗 dòu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 豆 beans, peas
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
逗留
dòuliú
to stay; to stop over; to linger
Characters in this word
留 liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- Made of
- 卯 4th terrestrial branch 田 field, farm, arable land
Example phrases
- 由于签证限制，代表团不得在当地逗留超过七十二小时。 Yóuyú qiānzhèng xiànzhì, dàibiǎotuán bù dé zài dāngdì dòuliú chāoguò qīshí'èr xiǎoshí. Due to visa restrictions, the delegation may not stay locally for more than seventy-two hours.
- 我们在这座古镇逗留了两天。 Wǒmen zài zhè zuò gǔzhèn dòuliú le liǎng tiān. We stayed in this old town for two days.
- 下班后他常在书店里逗留很久。 Xiàbān hòu tā cháng zài shūdiàn lǐ dòuliú hěn jiǔ. After work he often lingers in the bookshop for a long time.
Related words
- 逗 dòu to tease; funny
- 留 liú to stay; to leave behind
- 留下 liúxià to stay behind; to leave behind
- 留学生 liúxuéshēng international student
- 保留 bǎoliú to keep; to save
- 留学 liúxué to study abroad
- 停留 tíngliú to stay; to stop briefly
- 残留 cánliú to remain; residue
- 拘留 jūliú to detain; detention
- 扣留 kòuliú to detain; to withhold
- 留恋 liúliàn to be reluctant to leave; to be attached to
- 留念 liúniàn to keep as a souvenir; to take as a memento