"to linger on" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
萦绕 縈繞 yíng rào to linger on / to hover / to encircle syn
流连 流連 liú lián to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave) / to linger on syn
缭绕 繚繞 liáo rào (of smoke from a chimney) to curl upward / (of a sound) to linger on syn
不绝于耳 不絕於耳 bù jué yú ěr (of sound) to never stop / to fall incessantly on the ear / to linger on syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
滞留 滯留 zhì liú (of a person) to remain in (a place) (due to circumstances that prevent one leaving) / to be stranded / (of sth that would typically dissipate, e.g. floodwater, pollutants) to remain / to linger syn
徜徉 cháng yáng to wander about unhurriedly / to linger / to loiter syn
回味无穷 回味無窮 huí wèi wú qióng to have a rich aftertaste / (fig.) memorable / to linger in one's memory syn
盘桓 盤桓 pán huán to pace / to linger / to stay over / to spiral / to hover syn
流连忘返 流連忘返 liú lián wàng fǎn to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home syn
驻留 駐留 zhù liú to stay / to remain / to linger / (computing) to reside / resident (program etc) syn
不绝如缕 不絕如縷 bù jué rú lǚ hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly syn
萦回 縈迴 yíng huí to linger / to swirl around (in the air, in one's mind etc) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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