保留(bǎo liú)

HSK 32 characters

to keep

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Character breakdown

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Word information

Pinyin
bǎo liú
Meaning
to keep
HSK level
HSK 3
Characters
2
Traditional
Same

Appears in lessons

保留 is taught in these textbook lessons.

Volume 4 ·中国的变化 · Changes in ChinaVolume 5 ·新素食主义来了 · Here Comes the New Vegetarianism

Example sentences

How 保留 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 请保留我的位置

    qǐng bǎo liú wǒ de wèi zhì

    Please save my place.

Related words

Common words sharing a character with 保留 — tap one to open its word page.

liú留xià下
HSK 2

to leave behind

liú留xué学shēng生
HSK 2

student studying abroad; returned student; foreign student; international student

bǎo保cún存
HSK 3

to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)

bǎo保ān安
HSK 3

Bonan ethnic group

bǎo保chí持
HSK 3

to keep

liú留xué学
HSK 3

to study abroad

bǎo保zhèng证
HSK 3

guarantee

bǎo保hù护
HSK 3

to protect

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