留戀

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See also: 留恋

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	feel attached to; long for; love
trad. (留戀)		留	戀
simp. (留恋)		留	恋

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúliàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ lyun²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liû-loân

(Teochew, Peng'im): lao⁵ luang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liúliàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lióuliàn
  - Wade–Giles: liu²-lien⁴
  - Yale: lyóu-lyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouliann
  - Palladius: люлянь (ljuljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ lyun²
  - Yale: làuh lyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ lyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ lün²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ lyːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-loân
  - Tâi-lô: liû-luân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liuloaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² luan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² luan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² luan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ luan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ luan²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lao⁵ luang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâu luàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ luaŋ²¹³/

Middle Chinese: ljuw ljwenH

Rime
Character	留	戀
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	仙 (78)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	力求切	力卷切
Baxter	ljuw	ljwenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨu/	/liuᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liu/	/lʷiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/liəu/	/ljuæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luw/	/lwian^H/
Li Rong	/liu/	/liuɛn^H/
Wang Li	/lĭəu/	/lĭwɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯ə̯u/	/li̯wɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liú	luàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lau⁴	lyun⁶

Verb

留戀

to be reluctant to leave (a person or place)
to recall with nostalgia

Synonyms

(to be reluctant to leave): 流連／流连 (liúlián), 依戀／依恋 (yīliàn)
(to recall with nostalgia):

回味 (huíwèi) (to recall something and ponder it)
回念 (huíniàn)
回想 (huíxiǎng)
回憶 / 回忆 (huíyì)
回溯 (huísù)
回顧 / 回顾 (huígù)
回首 (huíshǒu)
思古 (sīgǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
感念 (gǎnniàn) (to recall fondly)
感懷 / 感怀 (gǎnhuái) (to recall with emotion)
想起 (xiǎngqǐ)
憶 / 忆 (yì)
憶想 / 忆想 (yìxiǎng)
懷古 / 怀古 (huáigǔ) (literary, to be nostalgic for antiquity)
浮想 (fúxiǎng)
緬想 / 缅想 (miǎnxiǎng)
緬懷 / 缅怀 (miǎnhuái) (to cherish the memory of, especially the deceased)
記 / 记 (jì)
記得 / 记得 (jìde)
記憶 / 记忆 (jìyì)
記起 / 记起 (jìqǐ)
諗起 / 谂起 (nam² hei²) (Cantonese)
追 (literary, or in compounds)
追念 (zhuīniàn)
追思 (zhuīsī) (especially the deceased)
追想 (zhuīxiǎng)
追憶 / 追忆 (zhuīyì)
追懷 / 追怀 (zhuīhuái)
遙想 / 遥想 (yáoxiǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (留戀):

→ Vietnamese: lưu luyến (留戀)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
留	戀

Verb

留戀

chữ Hán form of lưu luyến (“to be emotionally attached to; to be unwilling to part (with)”).

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