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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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