流
Character Breakdown
Radical: 水 (no. 85)
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- (verb) 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
Example Sentences
眼泪流下来了。
Yǎnlèi liú xiàlái le
Tears flowed down
Words Containing 流
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange | HSK 3 |
| 一流 | yī liú | top quality | HSK 5 |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | main stream (of a river) | HSK 6 |
| 三流 | sān liú | third-rate | |
| 上流 | shàng liú | upper class | |
| 下流 | xià liú | lower course of a river | |
| 中流 | zhōng liú | midstream | |
| 九流 | jiǔ liú | the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家[Ru2 jia1], Daoists 道家[Dao4 jia1], Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家[Yin1 yang2 jia1], Legalists 法家[Fa3 jia1], Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1], Mohists 墨家[Mo4 jia1], Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家[Zong4 heng2 jia1], Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家[Za2 jia1], and Agriculturalists 農家|农家[Nong2 jia1] | |
| 二流 | èr liú | second-rate | |
| 下九流 | xià jiǔ liú | the lowest professions |
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HSK 3.0: Level 2
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