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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
流行 liúxíng	流行 \| 流行* \| *流行	(of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable	HSK 4


交流 jiāoliú	交流 \| 交流* \| *交流	to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)	HSK 4


流利 liúlì	流利 \| 流利* \| *流利	fluent	HSK 4


流传 liúchuán	流传 \| 流传* \| *流传	to spread / to circulate / to hand down	流傳 HSK 5


流泪 liúlèi	流泪 \| 流泪* \| *流泪	to shed tears	流淚 HSK 5


轮流 lúnliú	轮流 \| 轮流* \| *轮流	to alternate; to take turns	輪流 HSK 5


潮流 cháoliú	潮流 \| 潮流* \| *潮流	tide / current / trend	HSK 6


流通 liútōng	流通 \| 流通* \| *流通	to circulate; to distribute / circulation; distribution	HSK 6


主流 zhǔliú	主流 \| 主流* \| *主流	main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)	HSK 6


流浪 liúlàng	流浪 \| 流浪* \| *流浪	to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant	HSK 6


流露 liúlù	流露 \| 流露* \| *流露	to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc	HSK 6


流氓 liúmáng	流氓 \| 流氓* \| *流氓	rogue / hoodlum / gangster / immoral behavior	HSK 6


支流 zhīliú	支流 \| 支流* \| *支流	tributary (river)	HSK 6


一流 yīliú	一流 \| 一流* \| *一流	top quality / front ranking	HSK 6


流星 liúxīng	流星 \| 流星* \| *流星	meteor / shooting star


流 liú	流 \| 流* \| *流	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


物流 wùliú	物流 \| 物流* \| *物流	distribution (business) / logistics


流程 liúchéng	流程 \| 流程* \| *流程	course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing


流量 liúliàng	流量 \| 流量* \| *流量	flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic; network traffic; website traffic; mobile data


流淌 liútǎng	流淌 \| 流淌* \| *流淌	to flow


流水 liúshuǐ	流水 \| 流水* \| *流水	running water / (business) turnover


流畅 liúchàng	流畅 \| 流畅* \| *流畅	flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy	流暢


流出 liúchū	流出 \| 流出* \| *流出	to flow out / to disgorge / to effuse


名流 míngliú	名流 \| 名流* \| *名流	gentry / celebrities


流动 liúdòng	流动 \| 流动* \| *流动	to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid	流動


流体 liútǐ	流体 \| 流体* \| *流体	fluid	流體


人流 rénliú	人流 \| 人流* \| *人流	stream of people / abortion / abbr. for 人工流產｜人工流产


电流 diànliú	电流 \| 电流* \| *电流	electric current	電流


流入 liúrù	流入 \| 流入* \| *流入	to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow


流向 liúxiàng	流向 \| 流向* \| *流向	direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward


暖流 nuǎnliú	暖流 \| 暖流* \| *暖流	warm current / (fig.) warm feeling


流产 liúchǎn	流产 \| 流产* \| *流产	to have a miscarriage / miscarriage / to fail / to fall through	流產


流域 liúyù	流域 \| 流域* \| *流域	river basin / valley / drainage area


直流 zhíliú	直流 \| 直流* \| *直流	to flow steadily / direct current (DC)


流芳 liúfāng	流芳 \| 流芳* \| *流芳	to leave a good reputation


流感 liúgǎn	流感 \| 流感* \| *流感	flu / influenza


风流 fēngliú	风流 \| 风流* \| *风流	distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose	風流


漂流 piāoliú	漂流 \| 漂流* \| *漂流	to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting


上流 shàngliú	上流 \| 上流* \| *上流	upper class


引流 yǐnliú	引流 \| 引流* \| *引流	to drain / (medicine) drainage


分流 fēnliú	分流 \| 分流* \| *分流	bypass


整流 zhěngliú	整流 \| 整流* \| *整流	to rectify (alternating current to direct current)


双流 Shuāngliú	双流 \| 双流* \| *双流	Shuangliu county in Chengdu 成都, Sichuan / Chengdu's main airport	雙流


流失 liúshī	流失 \| 流失* \| *流失	(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


河流 héliú	河流 \| 河流* \| *河流	river / CL: 條｜条


流派 liúpài	流派 \| 流派* \| *流派	tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style


流年 liúnián	流年 \| 流年* \| *流年	fleeting time / horoscope for the year


流转 liúzhuǎn	流转 \| 流转* \| *流转	to be on the move / to roam or wander / to circulate (of goods or capital)	流轉


下流 xiàliú	下流 \| 下流* \| *下流	lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene


流血 liúxuè	流血 \| 流血* \| *流血	to bleed / to shed blood


水流 shuǐliú	水流 \| 水流* \| *水流	river / stream


合流 héliú	合流 \| 合流* \| *合流	to converge / to flow together / fig. to act alike / to evolve together


流逝 liúshì	流逝 \| 流逝* \| *流逝	(of time) to pass / to elapse


清流 Qīngliú	清流 \| 清流* \| *清流	Qingliu county in Sanming 三明, Fujian


清流 qīngliú	清流 \| 清流* \| *清流	clean flowing water / (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences / scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power


旋流 xuánliú	旋流 \| 旋流* \| *旋流	rotating flow


湍流 tuānliú	湍流 \| 湍流* \| *湍流	turbulence


逆流 nìliú	逆流 \| 逆流* \| *逆流	against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend


流沙 liúshā	流沙 \| 流沙* \| *流沙	quicksand


药流 yàoliú	药流 \| 药流* \| *药流	medical abortion	藥流


中流 zhōngliú	中流 \| 中流* \| *中流	midstream


洪流 hóngliú	洪流 \| 洪流* \| *洪流	a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)


流弊 liúbì	流弊 \| 流弊* \| *流弊	malpractice / long-running abuse


回流 huíliú	回流 \| 回流* \| *回流	to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)


流速 liúsù	流速 \| 流速* \| *流速	flow speed / rate of flow


源流 yuánliú	源流 \| 源流* \| *源流	(of watercourses) source and direction of flow / origin and development


流汗 liúhàn	流汗 \| 流汗* \| *流汗	to sweat


流星雨 liúxīngyǔ	流星雨 \| 流星雨* \| *流星雨	meteor shower


流言 liúyán	流言 \| 流言* \| *流言	rumor / gossip / to spread rumors


客流 kèliú	客流 \| 客流* \| *客流	passenger flow / customer flow


对答如流 duìdárúliú	对答如流 \| 对答如流* \| *对答如流	able to reply quickly and fluently (idiom); having a ready answer	對答如流


流放 liúfàng	流放 \| 流放* \| *流放	to exile / to banish / to deport / to float (logs) downstream


外流 wàiliú	外流 \| 外流* \| *外流	outflow / to flow out / to drain


流苏 liúsū	流苏 \| 流苏* \| *流苏	tassels	流蘇


泥石流 níshíliú	泥石流 \| 泥石流* \| *泥石流	landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide


激流 jīliú	激流 \| 激流* \| *激流	torrent / torrential current / whitewater


对流 duìliú	对流 \| 对流* \| *对流	convection	對流


急流 jíliú	急流 \| 急流* \| *急流	torrent


倒流 dàoliú	倒流 \| 倒流* \| *倒流	to flow backwards / reverse flow


韩流 Hánliú	韩流 \| 韩流* \| *韩流	the spread of Korean cultural products (TV dramas, pop music etc) to other countries / Korean Wave	韓流


女流 nǚliú	女流 \| 女流* \| *女流	(derog.) woman


流亡 liúwáng	流亡 \| 流亡* \| *流亡	to force into exile / to be exiled / in exile


流落 liúluò	流落 \| 流落* \| *流落	to wander about destitute / to be stranded


流连忘返 liúliánwàngfǎn	流连忘返 \| 流连忘返* \| *流连忘返	to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home	流連忘返


流调 liúdiào	流调 \| 流调* \| *流调	epidemiological survey (abbr. for 流行病學調查｜流行病学调查)	流調


三流 sānliú	三流 \| 三流* \| *三流	third-rate / inferior


流连 liúlián	流连 \| 流连* \| *流连	to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave) / to linger on	流連


暗流 ànliú	暗流 \| 暗流* \| *暗流	undercurrent


长江流域 Chángjiāngliúyù	长江流域 \| 长江流域* \| *长江流域	Changjiang or Yangtze river basin	長江流域


非主流 fēizhǔliú	非主流 \| 非主流* \| *非主流	alternative / non-mainstream


二流 èrliú	二流 \| 二流* \| *二流	second-rate / second-tier


流媒体 liúméitǐ	流媒体 \| 流媒体* \| *流媒体	streaming media	流媒體


流布 liúbù	流布 \| 流布* \| *流布	to spread / to circulate / to disseminate	流佈


流布 liúbù	流布 \| 流布* \| *流布	to spread / to circulate / to disseminate


溪流 xīliú	溪流 \| 溪流* \| *溪流	stream


车流 chēliú	车流 \| 车流* \| *车流	traffic / rate of traffic flow	車流


行云流水 xíngyúnliúshuǐ	行云流水 \| 行云流水* \| *行云流水	lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced	行雲流水


奔流 bēnliú	奔流 \| 奔流* \| *奔流	to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current


流言蜚语 liúyánfēiyǔ	流言蜚语 \| 流言蜚语* \| *流言蜚语	rumors and slanders (idiom); gossip / lies and slanders	流言蜚語


横流 héngliú	横流 \| 横流* \| *横流	to overflow / transverse flow / to flow over / cross flow	橫流

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