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

• 流变能力(流變能力) rheology
• 涕泗横流(涕泗橫流) tears and mucus flowing profusely; sniveling; in a tragic state
• 随波逐流(隨波逐流) to drift with the waves and go with the flow; to follow the crowd blindly
• 电流(電流) electric current
• 物流管理 logistics
• 物流 distribution; logistics
• 人流 stream of people ; abortion
• 瀑流 a waterfall
• 流水帐(流水帳) day-to-day account; current account
• 血流成河 rivers of blood ; bloodbath
• 汗流浃背(汗流浹背) to sweat profusely ; drenched in sweat
• 平流层(平流層) stratosphere
• 不随大流(不隨大流) not following the crowd; to go against the tide
• 眼泪横流(眼淚橫流) to be overflowing with tears
• 镇流器(鎮流器) electrical ballast
• 积厚流广(積厚流廣) deep rooted and influential
• 九流 the nine schools of thought
• 流速 flow speed; rate of flow
• 桥式整流器(橋式整流器) bridge rectifier (electricity)
• 对流层(對流層) troposphere
• 传流(傳流) to spread; to hand down; to circulate
• 三教九流 The Three Religions and Nine Schools; people from all trades
• 全节流(全節流) full throttle; top speed
• 甲流 type A influenza
• 心流 flow; being in the zone
• 星流霆击(星流霆擊) meteor shower and violent thunderclaps; omens of violent development; portentous signs
• 流俗 a prevalent custom; a current fashion
• 火流星 bolide; fireball
• 海峡交流基金会(海峽交流基金會) Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)
• 大流行 major epidemic; pandemic
• 韩流(韓流) the spread of Korean culture
• 流形 manifold
• 流量 flow rate; rate; throughput
• 禽流感 bird flu
• 铁打的衙门，流水的官(鐵打的衙門，流水的官) the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water; government officials come and go
• 流星赶月(流星趕月) a meteor catching up with the moon; swift action
• 流浪 to drift about; to wander; to roam
• 漂流物 items drifting in a stream
• 主流 the main stream ; the mainstream; the main trend ; the main influencer
• 倒流 to flow backwards; reverse flow
• 中流层(中流層) mesosphere
• 宣流 to disseminate; to propagate
• 行云流水(行雲流水) moving clouds and flowing water; very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc
• 快步流星 to walk quickly; striding quickly
• 流萤(流螢) firefly
• 中流砥柱 mainstay; cornerstone; tower of strength
• 长流水，不断线(長流水，不斷線) continuous and patient effort

Also contained in

流水线 、 双流 、 北流市 、 流球群岛

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
• 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — 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
• 卷六十三　志第十五: 　地理六 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Geography 6 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 47
• 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

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
• 水下流 (水下流) 水下流 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — 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
• 四流 (四流) 四流而歸於天下 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重乙第八十一 Chapter 81: Weight II — 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
• 流黄 (流黃) 日夏至而流黃澤 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷三　天文訓 Chapter 3: Celestial Phenomena — count: 3