# 残留 (cánliú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 残留 (cánliú) means “to remain; residual”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to remain; residual
- Pinyin: cánliú (can2 liu2)
- Traditional: 殘留
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 请把盘子上残留的洗洁精冲干净。
  Qǐng bǎ pánzi shàng cánliú de xǐjiéjīng chōng gānjìng.
  Please wash the residual soap off the dishes.

## Characters

- [残](https://hanziro.com/word/can-incomplete/) (cán): incomplete; disabled
- [留](https://hanziro.com/word/liu-stay/) (liú): to stay; to leave behind

https://hanziro.com/word/can-liu-remain/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).