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Linger in Chinese

to linger · HSK 5

停留 tíng liú

  1. 停 tíng to stop
  2. 留 liú to stay

我们在北京停留了三天。 We stayed in Beijing for three days.

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How do you say linger in Chinese?

Linger in Chinese is 停留 (tíng liú).

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