Chinese symbol for “sojourn”
逗留
dòu liú
to stay for a while; to sojourn
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sojourn is 逗留 (dòu liú), defined as: to stay for a while; to sojourn.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sojourn”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作客 | zuò kè | to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn |
| 旅居 | lǚ jū | to stay away from home; residence abroad |
| 逗 | dòu | to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 逗留.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挑逗 | tiǎo dòu | to provoke; to entice |
| 逗号 (逗號) | dòu hào | comma (punct.) |
| 逗乐 (逗樂) | dòu lè | to amuse oneself; to clown around |
| 逗趣 | dòu qù | to amuse; to make sb laugh |
| 秀逗 | xiù dòu | to short-circuit; (fig.) to have a mental lapse |
| 留下 | liú xià | to leave behind; to stay behind |
| 保留 | bǎo liú | to keep; to retain |
| 留言 | liú yán | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sojourn”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.