流 liú

to flow; to circulate or spread; to move or drift

HSK 4 #396

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 396th character
Radical ⽔ (85.6)
Strokes 10
Index # 2080

Definitions

流 liú
  1. 1. to flow
  2. 2. to circulate or spread
  3. 3. to move or drift
  4. 4. stream of water or sth resembling one
  5. 5. class, rate or grade
  6. 6. to disseminate
  7. 7. to degenerate
  8. 8. to banish or send into exile

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Words containing 流

Word Meaning
交流 jiāo liú HSK 4
communication; to exchange; interaction
流行 liú xíng HSK 4
(of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
流利 liú lì HSK 4
fluent
流泪 liú lèi HSK 5
to shed tears
流传 liú chuán HSK 5
to spread; to circulate; to hand down
轮流 lún liú HSK 5
to take turns; to alternate
流氓 liú máng HSK 6
rogue; hoodlum; gangster
一流 yī liú HSK 6
top quality; front ranking
流浪 liú làng HSK 6
to wander; to drift about; to roam
潮流 cháo liú HSK 6
trend; current; tide
流露 liú lù HSK 6
to reveal (indirectly, implicitly)
主流 zhǔ liú HSK 6
mainstream (culture etc); main viewpoint of a matter
流通 liú tōng HSK 6
to circulate; circulation; to distribute
支流 zhī liú HSK 6
tributary (river)
川流不息 chuān liú bù xī HSK 6
the stream flows without stopping (idiom); unending flow
流血 liú xuè
to bleed; to shed blood
流放 liú fàng
to exile; to banish; to deport
流浪汉 liú làng hàn
tramp; wanderer
流感 liú gǎn
flu; influenza
流动 liú dòng
to flow; to be mobile; to circulate
电流 diàn liú
electric current
流逝 liú shì
(of time) to pass; to elapse
下流 xià liú
vulgar; obscene; low-class
河流 hé liú
river
风流 fēng liú
romantic; dissolute
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