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To offer shelter in Chinese: 收留 (shōu liú)

shōu liú

to offer shelter

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care

Stroke order

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ㄕㄡ

shōu

ㄕ/ shㄡ/ ou—/ first tone

ㄌㄧㄡˊ

liú

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他好心收留了那只流浪的小狗。

    tā hǎo xīn shōu liú le nà zhī liú làng de xiǎo gǒu。

    He kindly took in that stray dog.

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Related words

留

liú

to leave (a message etc)

收

shōu

to receive

留学

liú xué

to study abroad

收入

shōu rù

to take in

收拾

shōu shi

to put in order

保留

bǎo liú

to keep

收获

shōu huò

to harvest

收据

shōu jù

receipt

吸收

xī shōu

to absorb

留下

liú xià

to leave behind

收到

shōu dào

to receive

收费

shōu fèi

to charge a fee

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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