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

• 主流 the main stream ; the mainstream; the main trend ; the main influencer
• 流行性感冒 influenza
• 电流表(電流表) ammeter
• 交变电流(交變電流) alternating current (electricity)
• 流行病 epidemic disease
• 流鼻血 to bleed from the nose; to be sexually aroused
• 流脑(流腦) epidemic encephalitis
• 飘流(飄流) to float; to drift
• 溶岩流 lava flow
• 流动人口(流動人口) transient population; floating population
• 流居 to live in exile
• 枕石漱流 to live a hermit's life (in seclusion); a frugal life
• 流窜犯(流竄犯) criminal at large
• 韩流(韓流) the spread of Korean culture
• 涧流(澗流) mountain stream; stream in a valley
• 流亡政府 a government in exile
• 流程表 flow chart
• 流理台 kitchen counter
• 流程图(流程圖) flow chart
• 岩流圈 asthenosphere
• 河流 a river
• 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
• 血流成河 rivers of blood ; bloodbath
• 流行性 (of a disease) epidemic; qualities that make something popular or fashionable
• 快步流星 to walk quickly; striding quickly
• 流星体(流星體) meteoroid
• 飞短流长(飛短流長) to spread malicious gossip
• 流标(流標) (of an auction) to be inconclusive
• 回流 to flow back; reflux; circumfluence; refluence; backward flow; returning flow (e.g. of talent)
• 分流电路(分流電路) shunt circuit; current divider
• 流布 to propagate; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate ; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate
• 流氓无产者(流氓無產者) lumpenproletariat (in Marxist theory)
• 下流 low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene ; lower course of a river
• 墨累达令流域(墨累達令流域) Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia
• 直流 to flow directly ; direct current (D.C.)
• 流泆 to indulge; licentious
• 流明 lumen (unit of light flux)
• 风流(風流) distinguished and accomplished; outstanding; talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle; romantic; dissolute; loose
• 流散 diaspora
• 大流行 major epidemic; pandemic
• 直流电(直流電) direct current
• 落花有意，流水无情(落花有意，流水無情) the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on
• 按月输流(按月輸流) monthly rotation
• 流播 to circulate; to hand around
• 流泉 a flowing spring
• 流连(流連) to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave); to linger on
• 流露 to reveal unintentionally

Also contained in

黄流镇 、 丹眉流 、 三江并流 、 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
• 卷六十三　志第十五: 　地理六 Volume 63 Treatises 16: Geography 6 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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