「滯留」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: zai6 lau4
Individual
Character Meaning:
滯 indigestible; hard to be digested; slow, low dexterity
留 to stay; to remain; to set aside; to reserve; to save; to let grow
Part of Speech: verb
Explanation:
to be detained; to be held up
(Cant.) 一jat1批pai1越jyut6南naam4難naan6民man4仍jing4然jin4滯zai6留lau4喺hai2新san1加gaa3坡bo1。
(Eng.) A number of Vietnamese refugees are still detained in Singapore.
(Cant.) 由jau4於jyu1颱toi4風fung1襲zaap6港gong2,好hou2多do1航hong4班baan1要jiu3取ceoi2消siu1,大daai6堆deoi1旅leoi5客haak3滯zai6留lau4機gei1場coeng4。
(Eng.) Because a typhoon hit Hong Kong, many flights had to be cancelled and many travellers were held up at the airport.
See also: 拘留 押 羈留 扣留 下落不明 停薪留職 受困 安提瓜和巴布達 流離失所 無家可歸 生死未卜 落地生根 被困 離鄉別井 (部份類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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