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

• 现金流(現金流) cash flow
• 流动(流動) to flow ; to be always moving
• 一流 top quality; top ranking ; same category ; same school of thought ; an ancient way of counting money
• 流播 to circulate; to hand around
• 卖风流(賣風流) to exert flirtatious allure; to entice coquettishly
• 汇流(匯流) (of rivers etc) to converge; convergence
• 流行株 epidemic strain
• 下流 low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene ; lower course of a river
• 流丽(流麗) smooth and ornate; flowing (style etc)
• 流明 lumen (unit of light flux)
• 颠沛流离(顛沛流離) homeless and miserable; to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
• 流通 to circulate; to distribute
• 击楫中流(擊楫中流) to strike an oar while crossing the stream; to make a resolution
• 积厚流广(積厚流廣) deep rooted and influential
• 流星雨 meteor shower
• 车流(車流) traffic; rate of traffic flow
• 免费流通(免費流通) free circulation; free distribution
• 滴流 trickle
• 湍流 turbulence
• 分流电路(分流電路) shunt circuit; current divider
• 痛哭流涕 weeping bitter tears
• 轮流(輪流) to alternate
• 流氓国家(流氓國家) rogue state
• 交通流量 traffic flow
• 普雷克斯流程 purex
• 溪流 stream
• 物流管理 logistics
• 流行 popular; fashionable; prevalent ; to spread; to rage
• 节流踏板(節流踏板) throttle pedal; accelerator
• 岩浆流(岩漿流) lava flow
• 流动率(流動率) turnover (of staff)
• 流离遇合(流離遇合) to reunite after being homeless refugees
• 风流蕴藉(風流蘊藉) temperate and refined
• 流氓集团(流氓集團) gang of hoodlums
• 直流电(直流電) direct current
• 流网(流網) drift net (fishing)
• 流水不腐 flowing water does not rot
• 扰流板(擾流板) spoiler (automotive or aeronautical)
• 乱流(亂流) turbulence ; against the general flow ; to cross a river ; chaos
• 流水 running water ; continuous ; swift
• 流产(流產) to have a miscarriage ; to fail; to fall through
• 强流(強流) high current (e.g. electric)
• 激流 rapids; a torrent; a rushing stream; turbulence ; to block a stream
• 现金流转(現金流轉) cash flow
• 逆流 a counter-current
• 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
• 甲流 type A influenza

Also contained in

自流井区 、 克流感 、 自流井 、 北流市

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 流遁 (流遁) 淖溺流遁 — 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