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

• 颠沛流离(顛沛流離) homeless and miserable; to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
• 内流(內流) inward flowing (of river); flowing into desert
• 流感病毒 influenza virus; flu virus
• 流畅(流暢) fluent; flowing; smooth
• 思想交流 exchange of ideas
• 桥式整流器(橋式整流器) bridge rectifier (electricity)
• 车流(車流) traffic; rate of traffic flow
• 漂流者 white water rafter; paddler; river runner
• 合流 to converge; to flow together; fig. to act alike; to evolve together
• 人才流失 brain drain; outflow of talent
• 流速 flow speed; rate of flow
• 逆流 reverse flow; counter-current ; against the current ; out of accordance with the general trend
• 流亡 to force into exile; to be exiled
• 随大流(隨大流) to follow the crowd; going with the tide
• 节流阀(節流閥) a throttle
• 反用换流器(反用換流器) inverter
• 激流 rapids; a torrent; a rushing stream; turbulence ; to block a stream
• 眼泪横流(眼淚橫流) to be overflowing with tears
• 层流(層流) laminar flow
• 漂流 to float; to drift
• 付之东流(付之東流) to commit to the waters; to lose something irrevocably
• 文化交流 cultural exchange
• 痛哭流涕 weeping bitter tears
• 流行性感冒 influenza
• 赤道逆流 equatorial counter current
• 直流电动机(直流電動機) DC motor
• 周流 to extend everywhere
• 细细地流(細細地流) to trickle
• 岩流圈 asthenosphere
• 流冗 the unemployed workforce
• 温盐环流(溫鹽環流) thermohaline circulation (oceanography)
• 川流不息 the flow of an endless stream
• 二流 second-rate; second-tier
• 流散 diaspora
• 流亡政府 a government in exile
• 节流(節流) to control flow; to choke
• 人流 stream of people ; abortion
• 下流 low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene ; lower course of a river
• 流程 course; stream ; sequence of processes; work flow
• 流体动力学(流體動力學) fluid dynamics
• 对流(對流) convection
• 流毒 to spread poison; pernicious influence
• 韩流(韓流) the spread of Korean culture
• 胃食道逆流 gastroesophageal reflux disease; acid reflux
• 湍流 turbulence
• 流变能力(流變能力) rheology
• 分流电路(分流電路) shunt circuit; current divider
• 流刑 exile (as form of punishment)

Also contained in

清流县 、 黄流镇 、 流氓软件

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
• 卷六十三　志第十五: 　地理六 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Geography 6 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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