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挽留

挽留

Chinese

		draw; pull; send funeral ode	leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve
simp. and trad. (挽留)		挽	留

Verb

挽留

to persuade someone to stay

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wǎnliú

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁵ lau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): bán-liû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: wǎnliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woanliou
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯a̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁵ lau⁴
  - Yale: wáahn làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁵ lau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /wɑːn¹³ lɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bán-liû
  - Tâi-lô: bán-liû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bafnliuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ban⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liu²³/