流 liú

flow, circulate, drift; class

HSK 4 #396

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

WORDS

引流 yǐn liú to drain; (medicine) drainage
流动资金 liú dòng zī jīn money in circulation; fluid funds
回流 huí liú to flow back; reflux; circumfluence; refluence; backward flow; returning flow (e.g. of talent)
流动性 liú dòng xìng flowing; shifting; fluidity; mobility; liquidity (of funds)
二流子 èr liú zi loafer; idler; bum
对流 duì liú convection
意识流 yì shí liú stream of consciousness (in literature)
女流 nǚ liú (derog.) woman
寒流 hán liú cold air current; cold ocean current; cold stream
流线型 liú xiàn xíng sleek; streamlined
三教九流 sān jiào jiǔ liú the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
流速 liú sù flow speed; rate of flow
射流 shè liú jet (math.)
暗流 àn liú undercurrent
流连忘返 liú lián wàng fǎn to linger; to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
直流电 zhí liú diàn direct current
颠沛流离 diān pèi liú lí homeless and miserable (idiom); to wander about in a desperate plight; to drift
中流 zhōng liú midstream
交流电 jiāo liú diàn alternating current
对流层 duì liú céng troposphere; lower atmosphere
干流 gàn liú main stream (of a river)
整流 zhěng liú to rectify (alternating current to direct current)
整流器 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current)
流光溢彩 liú guāng yì cǎi lit. flowing light and overflowing color; brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
流年 liú nián fleeting time; horoscope for the year
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