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to stay in hospital; to be hospitalized
HSK 2
to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go
HSK 2
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  *住* | 住* | *住
to live; to reside; to stay / to stop; to cease / (result complement indicating firmness or a stable achieved state)
HSK 1
pleasantly cool (weather etc) / to cool oneself; to cool off / (Tw) (slang) (of clothing) scanty; revealing / (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out
HSK 2
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  *待* | 待* | *待
to stay; to remain
HSK 5
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  *留* | 留* | *留
to leave (a message etc) / to retain / to stay / to remain / to keep / to preserve
HSK 2
to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over
HSK 5
to come to a stop; to halt / to keep one's footing; to stay upright / (fig.) to hold one's ground; to gain a firm foothold / (of an assertion etc) to hold up; to be tenable
HSK 2
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  *撑* | 撑* | *撑
to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support
HSK 6
to get in touch with / to contact / to stay in contact (with) / liaison / (math.) connection
HSK 5
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  *蹲* | 蹲* | *蹲
to crouch / to squat / to stay (somewhere)
HSK 6
(to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role
HSK 7-9
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  *宅* | 宅* | *宅
residence / (coll.) to stay in at home / to hang around at home
to stay at / lodging / accommodation
HSK 7-9
to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn
HSK 7-9
silent; still; quiet / to mourn in silence; to observe silence / (neologism, attested by 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic
to urge to stay / to detain
(PRC law) residential surveillance / to order sb to stay at their home, or a designated location, under surveillance
to stay up late or all night
HSK 7-9
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  *驻* | 驻* | *驻
to halt / to stay / to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc)
HSK 6
to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc) / fair / unbiased
to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical)
to stay with sb / to ask for lodging
to freshen up / to be cautious or vigilant / to watch out / stimulant to enhance mental performance / stay-awake drug / agrypnotic
to live at home / to stay at home / home (schooling etc) / in-home (care etc) / household (repairs etc) / living (environment etc)
to stay at home while one's husband is away / grass widow
to stay behind to take care of things
to stay (at a hotel etc during a trip)
to stay at / to live in (temporarily)
to stay; to lodge; to board
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
to stay on track / to proceed smoothly
to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
a property providing rural accommodation (farm stay, boutique hotel etc)
to stay together; to rely on one another
food and lodging / to stay (at some place) and eat meals (there)
stay-at-home dad
to provide a place to stay / to house / to accommodate / (of an institution etc) to take in / to accept
to stay / to stop over / to break one's journey
to stay up through the night (idiom)
Stay a bit! / Wait a minute! / (to a departing guest) Take care!
to put up a guest / to stay overnight
to stay out all night (idiom)
(children) run around parent's knees / fig. to stay to look after one's elderly parents
to stay home alone (of married woman)
to stay young forever
lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay
to stay for a time / to stop over / to lodge / to sink down (into soft ground) / leftovers
to stay for a while; to sojourn
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  *处* | 处* | *处
to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish
to take shelter from the wind / to lie low / to stay out of trouble
to stay up all night; to pull an all-nighter
to stay idle at home / to have resigned from office / to be unemployed / to have been fired / to be on a sabbatical
(of a group) to stay together; to keep together
to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay
(of a couple) to stay together for life
to lodge / to stay (for the night)
home; residence / to stay at home (unemployed)
to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep
to lodge / to stay (for the night)
to stay / to detain
to stay away from home / residence abroad / sojourn
to stay behind (after class) / to be given detention / detention
to stay for a long period
going or staying
to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom)
men go out to work and women stay at home (idiom)
to stay / to remain / to linger / (computing) to reside / resident (program etc)
(literary) to stay long in a place far from home / (literary) person who lives in an alien land
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
to stay calm / to keep one's composure
(idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it
(of prices etc) to stay high
to ask a guest to stay / to detain a guest
(idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors
(of a married woman) to stay home alone
lit. to avoid the wind / fig. to keep low to avoid a difficult situation / to stay out of trouble
to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship
to stay for a long time
to lead a quiet and peaceful life in retirement / to stay home with nothing to do / to lead a solitary life
to desist / to stop / to stay one's hand
to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb)
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  *栖* | 栖* | *栖
to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay
to keep cool; to stay calm
to pace / to linger / to stay over / to spiral / to hover
(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
to stay overnight
to put some food aside for sb / to invite sb to stay for a meal / invitation to dinner
lit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom) / to stay away from the filth and unrest of the world
(literary) to put down one's burden / to rest / to stay (at an inn etc)
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  *逗* | 逗* | *逗
to tease (playfully); to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny; amusing / to stay; to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读)
HSK 7-9
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation


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