滞留 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 滯留 On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. zhìliú ㄓˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving) to be stranded of a person (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain to linger Character by character 滞(zhì)sluggish 留(liú)leave A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT