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)
simp. #(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)
    師傅毫不保留講解飛快起來磨刀妙招 [MSC, trad.]
    师傅毫不保留讲解飞快起来磨刀妙招 [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: ()(りゅう) (horyū)
  • Korean: 보류(保留) (boryu)
  • Vietnamese: bảo lưu (保留)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
りゅう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

()(りゅう) • (horyū) 

  1. hold, suspension

Verb

()(りゅう)する • (horyū suru) suru (stem ()(りゅう) (horyū shi), past ()(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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