流 liú

flow, circulate, drift; class

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DEFINITIONS

  • flow, circulate, drift
  • class
  • to flow
  • to disseminate
  • to circulate or spread
  • to move or drift
  • to degenerate
  • to banish or send into exile
  • stream of water or sth resembling one
  • class, rate or grade

STROKES

流 stroke order diagram
流 stroke order animation

WORDS

流产 liú chǎn to have a miscarriage; miscarriage; to fail; to fall through
流言 liú yán rumor; gossip; to spread rumors
流浪者 liú làng zhě rover; vagabond; vagrant; wanderer
流畅 liú chàng flowing (of speech, writing); fluent; smooth and easy
水流 shuǐ liú river; stream
流水 liú shuǐ running water; (business) turnover
流星 liú xīng meteor; shooting star
上流 shàng liú upper class
流淌 liú tǎng to flow
气流 qì liú stream of air; airflow; slipstream; draft; breath; turbulence (of aircraft)
流程 liú chéng course; stream; sequence of processes; work flow in manufacturing
名流 míng liú gentry; celebrities
漂流 piāo liú to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting
流汗 liú hàn to sweat
流出 liú chū to flow out; to disgorge; to effuse
血流 xuè liú blood flow
流言蜚语 liú yán fēi yǔ rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip; lies and slanders
倒流 dào liú to flow backwards; reverse flow
流亡 liú wáng to force into exile; to be exiled; in exile
二流 èr liú second-rate; second-tier
流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away; to be eroded; (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere; to fail to be retained
流星雨 liú xīng yǔ meteor shower
三流 sān liú third-rate; inferior
流落 liú luò to wander about destitute; to be stranded
流入 liú rù to flow into; to drift into; influx; inflow
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