駐留

简 驻留 · 繁 駐留
Mandarin · pinyin zhù liú

Meanings

  1. to stay
  2. to remain
  3. to linger
  4. (computing) to reside
  5. resident (program etc)
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駐
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留
liú · stop, halt; stay, detain, keep
驻
zhù · to be stationed at, reside at; to stop
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4–2 · zhu4 liu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zyu3 lau4

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verb

  1. to stay; to remain; to live (for some period of time)

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