停留
tíngliú · HSK 5
stay for a time or at a place
🛑 停 = stop + 留 = remain; stop and remain = stay a while
停 (tíng) means stop or halt; 留 (liú) means to remain or stay behind. Together 停留 names a temporary stay — you stop somewhere and remain there briefly before moving on.
停 — person 亻 + pavilion 亭
A semantic-phonetic compound: 亻 (person) gives the meaning, while 亭 (pavilion, also pronounced tíng) supplies the sound. The image is of a person stopping at a roadside pavilion to rest, which yields the modern senses 'to stop, halt, park.'
留 — 卯 (top) + 田 (field)
Originally a phono-semantic compound: 田 (field) suggests staying on the land, with 卯 hinting at the sound. Over time it came to mean 'remain, stay, keep,' as in keeping someone on the land or holding something in place. Modern uses include 留学 (study abroad) and 保留 (retain).