流 liú

1. liú verb to flow; to spread; to circulate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 她的眼泪流得更多了 'She cried even more.' (Ye Shengtao 1999, p. 10; Guoyu '流' v 2; Unihan '流')
2. liú noun a class
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Category
   Notes: In the sense of 品类 (Guoyu '流' n 4; Unihan '流')
3. liú verb water
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 水 (Guoyu '流' n 1)
4. liú verb a current
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Anything that flows like water, such as electricity (Guoyu '流' n 2)
5. liú noun a group
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Category
   Notes: In the sense of 派别 (Guoyu '流' n 3)
6. liú verb to move
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 移动 (Guoyu '流' v 1)
7. liú verb to trend; to incline
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 趋向 (Guoyu '流' v 3)
8. liú verb to banish; to deport; to send into exile
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放逐 (Guoyu '流' v 4)
9. liú verb to indulge; to pamper
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 放纵 (Guoyu '流' v 5)
10. liú adjective passing quickly; turning continuously
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '流' adj 2)
11. liú adjective accidental
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '流' adj 3)
12. liú adjective with no basis
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '流' adj 4)

Contained in

• 人流 stream of people ; abortion
• 软流层(軟流層) asthenosphere
• 入流 to conform with prevailing customs ; within the ranks of imperial officials
• 源远流长(源遠流長) source is distant and the flow is long; goes back to the distant past
• 流浪汉(流浪漢) tramp; wanderer
• 放任自流 to let somebody do whatever they want; to indulge; to give free reins to; to let things slide; to drift aimlessly
• 血流 blood flow
• 流韵(流韻) musical sound; flowing rhythm (of poetry); cadence
• 不稳定气流(不穩定氣流) turbulent
• 交流道 highway interchange; () channel of communication
• 流动图书馆(流動圖書館) mobile library
• 现金流量表(現金流量表) cash flow statement
• 二流子 loafer; idler; bum
• 流动儿童(流動兒童) children of migrants
• 流星赶月(流星趕月) a meteor catching up with the moon; swift action
• 清廉之化流 a transforming stream of purity and honesty
• 流行株 epidemic strain
• 漂流物 items drifting in a stream
• 反用换流器(反用換流器) inverter
• 流变(流變) to flow and change; development and change (of society)
• 星流电击(星流電擊) meteor shower and violent thunderclaps; omens of violent development; portentous signs
• 卖风流(賣風流) to exert flirtatious allure; to entice coquettishly
• 流居 to live in exile
• 流水不腐 flowing water does not rot
• 热对流(熱對流) heat convection
• 温盐环流(溫鹽環流) thermohaline circulation (oceanography)
• 上流 upper class; higher grade
• 溶岩流 lava flow
• 日流 the spread of Japanese cultural products (anime, pop music etc) to other countries
• 流沙 quicksand ; desert; shifting sands
• 盲流 (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities; rural migrant without definite prospects
• 溪流 stream
• 倒背如流 to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
• 畅流(暢流) free flowing
• 强流(強流) high current (e.g. electric)
• 传流(傳流) to spread; to hand down; to circulate
• 流程 course; stream ; sequence of processes; work flow
• 韩流(韓流) the spread of Korean culture
• 流離 lapis lazuli; lazurite
• 中流砥柱 mainstay; cornerstone; tower of strength
• 流荡(流蕩) to float; to tramp; to rove
• 谬种流传(謬種流傳) to pass on errors or lies; the propagation of misconceptions
• 流汗 to sweat
• 流干(流乾) to drain; to run dry
• 串流 to stream (online)
• 暖流 warm current ; warm feeling
• 流星鎚 meteor hammer
• 泪流满面(淚流滿面) cheeks streaming with tears

Also contained in

印度河流域文明 、 流云 、 流媒体

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷四十三 志第十九 地理四 Volume 43 Treatises 19: Geography 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 78
• 卷三 北山經 Chapter 3: Classic of the Mountains - North Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 73
• 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 59
• 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 58
• 卷一百二十 載記第二十 李特 李流 Volume 120 Records 20: Li Te; Li Liu Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 56
• 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 51
• 卷四十五 志第二十一 地理六 Volume 45 Treatises 21: Geography 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 51
• 卷四十四 志第二十 地理五 Volume 44 Treatises 20: Geography 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 49
• 卷九十一 志第四十四 河渠一 Volume 91 Treatises 44: Rivers and Canals 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 47
• 卷五十九 志第十二 天文十二 Volume 59 Treatises 12: Astronomy 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 47

Collocations

• 东流 (東流) 東流為漢 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 9
• 流束 (流束) 不流束薪 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧揚之水 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Yang Zhi Shui — count: 5
• 西流 (西流) 今火猶西流 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 4
• 流遁 (流遁) 淖溺流遁 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 3
• 七月流 (七月流) 七月流火 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧七月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Qi Yue — count: 3
• 民流 (民流) 政散民流 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧桑中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Sang Zhong — count: 3
• 同流 (同流) 萬世同流 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 畢命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Duke of Bi — count: 3
• 流歠 (流歠) 毋流歠 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 3
• 流火 (流火) 七月流火 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧七月 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Qi Yue — count: 3
• 泉流 (泉流) 如彼泉流 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小旻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Min — count: 3