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Definition 2024

留情

留情

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	feeling; emotion; passion feeling; emotion; passion; situation
simp. and trad. (留情)		留	情

Verb

留情

to show mercy; to relent; to be lenient

Derived terms

手下留情
毫不留情

舉手不留情／举手不留情

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liúqíng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ cing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liù-chhìn
Min Nan (POJ): liû-chêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: liúqíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄑㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouchyng
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰiŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ cing⁴
  - Yale: làuh chìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ tsing⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-chhìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: liuˇ qinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liu² qin²
  - IPA: /li̯u¹¹ t͡ɕʰin¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-chêng
  - Tâi-lô: liû-tsîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liuzeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ²³/