留意

Chinese

		leave (message); to retain; to stay leave (message); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve	idea; meaning; wish idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (留意)		留	意

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúyì

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ ji³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): liù-yi

(Hailu, HRS): liu rhi^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): liu² i⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liû-ì

(Teochew, Peng'im): liu⁵ i³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liúyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lióuyì
  - Wade–Giles: liu²-i⁴
  - Yale: lyóu-yì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liouyih
  - Palladius: люи (ljui)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ i⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ ji³
  - Yale: làuh yi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ ji³
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ jiː³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: liu^ˇ i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liu² yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹ i⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liù-yi
  - Hakka Romanization System: liu^ˇ (r)i
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liu² yi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯u¹¹ (j)i⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: liu rhi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /liu⁵⁵ ʒi¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: liu² i⁴ [Phonetic: liu¹ i⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: liú-i̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu¹³⁻⁵⁵ i⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: liu² i⁴ [Phonetic: liu¹ i⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu²⁴⁻⁵⁵ i⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-ì
  - Tâi-lô: liû-ì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liu'ix
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² i²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² i⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² i²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ i¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ i²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liu⁵ i³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liû ì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ i²¹³/

Verb

留意

to look out for; to keep an eye out for; to pay attention to; to take care of; to be mindful of
請留意您乘坐航班的登機時間，以免誤機。 [MSC, trad.]
请留意您乘坐航班的登机时间，以免误机。 [MSC, simp.]
Qǐng liúyì nín chéngzuò hángbān de dēngjī shíjiān, yǐmiǎn wùjī. [Pinyin]
Please pay attention to the boarding time so you don't miss your flight.

Synonyms

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措意 (cuòyì) (literary)
注意 (zhùyì)
留心 (liúxīn)
留神 (liúshén)
經心 / 经心 (jīngxīn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (留意):

→ Japanese: 留意(りゅうい) (ryūi)
→ Korean: 유의(留意) (yuui), 류의(留意) (ryuui)
→ Vietnamese: lưu ý (留意)

References

“留意”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
“留意”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
留	意
りゅう Grade: 5	い Grade: 3
kan'on	on'yomi

Etymology

From Chinese 留意 (liúyì).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨːi]

Verb

留(りゅう)意(い)する • (ryūi suru) intransitive suru (stem 留(りゅう)意(い)し (ryūi shi), past 留(りゅう)意(い)した (ryūi shita))

to take notice in, to pay attention to

Conjugation

Conjugation of "留意する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	留意し	りゅういし	ryūi shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	留意し	りゅういし	ryūi shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	留意する	りゅういする	ryūi suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	留意する	りゅういする	ryūi suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	留意すれ	りゅういすれ	ryūi sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	留意せよ¹ 留意しろ²	りゅういせよ¹ りゅういしろ²	ryūi seyo¹ ryūi shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	留意される	りゅういされる	ryūi sareru
Causative	留意させる留意さす	りゅういさせるりゅういさす	ryūi saseru ryūi sasu
Potential	留意できる	りゅういできる	ryūi dekiru
Volitional	留意しよう	りゅういしよう	ryūi shiyō
Negative	留意しない	りゅういしない	ryūi shinai
Negative continuative	留意せず	りゅういせず	ryūi sezu
Formal	留意します	りゅういします	ryūi shimasu
Perfective	留意した	りゅういした	ryūi shita
Conjunctive	留意して	りゅういして	ryūi shite
Hypothetical conditional	留意すれば	りゅういすれば	ryūi sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“留意”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
留	意

Verb

留意

chữ Hán form of lưu ý (“to watch out”)