保留

Chinese

 
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
 
leave (message); to retain; to stay
leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
trad. (保留) 保 留
simp. #(保留) 保 留

Pronunciation


Verb

保留 (transitive)

  1. to retain; to keep; to preserve; to hold back
    員工保留/员工保留  ―  yuángōng bǎoliú  ―  employee retention
  2. to reserve
    保留權利/保留权利  ―  bǎoliú quánlì  ―  to reserve a right
    保留意見/保留意见  ―  bǎoliú yìjiàn  ―  to reserve an opinion (i.e. to have reservations)
    賣肉的師傅毫不保留地講解讓刀飛快起來的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, trad.]
    卖肉的师傅毫不保留地讲解让刀飞快起来的磨刀妙招。 [MSC, simp.]
    Mài ròu de shīfù háobù bǎoliú de jiǎngjiě ràng dāo fēikuài qǐlái de módāo miàozhāo. [Pinyin]
    The butcher explained without reservation how to sharpen a knife.
  3. to defer for future discussion
  4. to maintain (an original state)

Synonyms

  • (to retain):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (保留):
  • → Japanese: 保(ほ)留(りゅう) (horyū)
  • → Korean: 보류(保留) (boryu)
  • → Vietnamese: bảo lưu (保留)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保 留
ほ
Grade: 5
りゅう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ほりゅう [hòryúú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɾʲɨᵝː]

Noun

保(ほ)留(りゅう) • (horyū) 

  1. hold, suspension

Verb

保(ほ)留(りゅう)する • (horyū suru) suru (stem 保(ほ)留(りゅう)し (horyū shi), past 保(ほ)留(りゅう)した (horyū shita))

  1. defer, suspend

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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