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Mandarin liú
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 liú 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
Results beginning with 流
 liú xíng (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable
 liú chéng course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing
 liú tōng to circulate / to distribute / circulation / distribution
 liú liàng flow rate / throughput of passengers / volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic / network traffic / website traffic / mobile data
 liú dòng to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid
 liú máng rogue / hoodlum / gangster / immoral behavior
 liú lèi to shed tears
 liú làng to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant
 liú chuán to spread / to circulate / to hand down
 liú chàng flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy
 liú xīng meteor / shooting star
 liú shuǐ running water / (business) turnover
 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
 liú chū to flow out / to disgorge / to effuse
 liú xuè to bleed / to shed blood
 liú rù to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow
 liú yù river basin / valley / drainage area
 liú tǎng to flow
 liú shì (of time) to pass / to elapse
 liú zhuǎn to be on the move / to roam or wander / to circulate (of goods or capital)
 liú lù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc
 liú chǎn to have a miscarriage / miscarriage / to fail / to fall through
 liú gǎn flu / influenza
 liú lì fluent
 liú xiàng direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward
 liú pài tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style
 liú tǐ fluid
 liú yán rumor / gossip / to spread rumors
 liú lián to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave) / to linger on
 liú luò to wander about destitute / to be stranded
 liú nián fleeting time / horoscope for the year
 liú míng lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword)
 liú fàng to exile / to banish / to deport / to float (logs) downstream
 liú wáng to force into exile / to be exiled / in exile
 liú yú to change (for the worse)
 liú shā quicksand
 liú hàn to sweat
 liú cuàn to roam all over the place / to go into every nook and corner / to infiltrate / (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run / to flee and try to hide
 liú sū tassels
 liú sù flow speed / rate of flow
 liú lí homeless and miserable / forced to leave home and wander from place to place / to live as a refugee
 liú nǎo epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis (abbr. for 流行性腦膜炎|流行性脑膜炎[liu2 xing2 xing4 nao3 mo2 yan2])
线 liú xiàn streamline (physics)
 liú mín refugee
 liú xiè to flow / to flood
 liú fāng to leave a good reputation
 liú yíng firefly
 liú kòu roving bandit / rebel band
 liú dàn stray bullet
 liú nóng to discharge pus / to suppurate
 liú dú to spread poison / pernicious influence
 liú wǎng drift net (fishing)
 liú bì malpractice / long-running abuse
 liú dàng to float / to tramp / to rove
 liú bèi a contemporary / similar class of people
 liú biàn to flow and change / development and change (of society)
 liú biāo (of an auction) to be inconclusive
 liú bié branch (of a river) / school (of thought)
 liú bō to circulate / to hand around
 liú bù to spread / to circulate / to disseminate
 liú diào epidemiological survey (abbr. for 流行病學調查|流行病学调查[liu2 xing2 bing4 xue2 diao4 cha2])
 liú gān to drain / to run dry
 liú jū to live in exile
 liú lǎn to skim / to browse
 liú lán mountain mist
 liú lì smooth and ornate / flowing (style etc)
 liú miǎn to ogle / to glance in a shifty manner
 liú mù to let one's eyes rove
 Liú qiú variant of 琉球[Liu2 qiu2], Ryūkyū, e.g. the Ryūkyū / Islands 琉球群島|琉球群岛[Liu2 qiu2 Qun2 dao3] stretching from Japan to Taiwan
 liú rǒng the unemployed workforce
 liú shí (medicine) liquid food
 liú sú prevalent fashion (often used pejoratively) / vulgar customs
 liú xíng exile (as form of punishment)
 liú xíng manifold (math.)
 liú yì to indulge / licentious
 liú yùn musical sound / flowing rhythm (of poetry) / cadence
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 liú lù chū to display (talent) / to exude (pleasure)
 liú dòng xìng flowing / shifting / fluidity / mobility / liquidity (of funds)
 liú méi tǐ streaming media
线 liú shuǐ xiàn assembly line / (computing) pipeline
 liú xīng yǔ meteor shower
 liú liàng jì flowmeter
 liú làng hàn tramp / wanderer
 liú chéng tú flow chart
 liú bí xiě to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused
 liú làng gǒu stray dog
线 liú xiàn xíng sleek / streamlined
 liú xíng xìng qualities that make sth popular or fashionable / (of a disease) epidemic
 liú xíng bìng epidemic disease
 liú xíng yǔ popular jargon / catchword
  fluidized bed / fluid bed
 liú bí tì to have a runny nose
 liú shuǐ zhàng day-to-day account / current account
  streaming
  prevalence
 liú biàn xué rheology
 liú bīng qún ice patch
 liú chéng biǎo flow chart
 liú chū wù effluent
 liú cuàn fàn criminal at large
 liú dòng lu:4 turnover (of staff)
 liú làng ér street urchin / waif
 liú làng zhě rover / vagabond / vagrant / wanderer
 liú lǐ tái kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw)
 liú máng zuì the crime of hooliganism
 liú shā jiān paper
 liú shuǐ xí banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive
 liú shuǐ zhàng variant of 流水賬|流水账[liu2 shui3 zhang4]
 liú sù jì current meter
 liú sù mú velocity cast
 liú sū yù (bird species of China) ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
 liú wén yán rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite)
 liú xīng tǐ meteoroid
 liú xíng zhū epidemic strain
 liú xíng yīn yuè pop music
 liú xíng gē qǔ pop
 liú dòng zī jīn money in circulation / fluid funds
 liú dòng rén kǒu transient population / floating population
 liú xíng bìng xué epidemiology
 liú lián wàng fǎn to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home
 liú máng ruǎn jiàn malware (computing)
 liú dòng zī chǎn current asset
 liú guāng yì cǎi lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom)
 liú gǎn yì miáo flu shot / influenza vaccination
 liú lí shī suǒ destitute and homeless (idiom) / forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced
 liú yán fēi yǔ rumors and slanders (idiom) / gossip / lies and slanders
 liú tǐ lì xué fluid mechanics / hydrodynamics
 liú liàng kòng zhì flow control
 liú fāng bǎi shì (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come
 liú li liú qì hooliganism / rowdyism
 liú lí diān pèi destitute and homeless (idiom) / displaced and without means
 liú luò tā xiāng to wander far from home
 liú nián bù lì the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom) / an unlucky year
 liú shuǐ bù fǔ flowing water does not rot
 liú xīng gǎn yuè lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom)
  hooliganism
  mobile observation
  buzzword
  streaming
  flux adjustment
  mobile hospital
  negotiable document
 liú biàn néng lì rheology
 liú chéng wén jiàn business context documentation
 liú dàng wàng fǎn to stray and forget to return
 liú dòng ér tóng children of migrants
 liú dòng fǎ yuàn mobile court
 liú dòng fù zhài current liability
 liú dòng jìng é net flow
 liú dòng mín zú mobile peoples
Approximate Results for 流
 jiāo liú to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb)
 wù liú distribution (business) / logistics
 yī liú top quality / front ranking
 zhǔ liú main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc)
 cháo liú tide / current / trend
 diàn liú electric current
 fēng liú distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose
 zhí liú to flow steadily / direct current (DC)
 hé liú river / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 shuǐ liú river / stream
 rén liú stream of people / abortion / abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[ren2 gong1 liu2 chan3]
 fēn liú bypass
 qì liú stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft)
 lún liú to alternate / to take turns
 piāo liú to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting
 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene
 kè liú passenger flow / customer flow
 hán liú the spread of Korean cultural products (TV dramas, pop music etc) to other countries / Korean Wave
 xuè liú blood flow
 shàng liú upper class
 míng liú gentry / celebrities
 xī liú stream
 héng liú to overflow / transverse flow / to flow over / cross flow
 huí liú to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent)
 dào liú to flow backwards / reverse flow
 àn liú undercurrent
 hán liú cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream
 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas)
 nuǎn liú warm current / (fig.) warm feeling
 bēn liú to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current
 jī liú torrent / torrential current / whitewater
 wài liú outflow / to flow out / to drain
 nì liú against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend
 sān liú third-rate / inferior
 zhī liú tributary (river)
 èr liú second-rate / second-tier
 chē liú traffic / rate of traffic flow
 rè liú heat flow / heat flux
 zhěng liú to rectify (alternating current to direct current)
 duì liú convection
 yuán liú (of watercourses) source and direction of flow / origin and development
 jí liú torrent
 zhōng liú midstream
 yǐn liú to drain / (medicine) drainage
 duàn liú to run dry (of river)
 piāo liú variant of 漂流[piao1 liu2]
 gàn liú main stream (of a river)
 jié liú to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke
 nu:3 liú (derog.) woman
 jiāng liú river / river flow / current
 jìng liú runoff
 hé liú to converge / to flow together / fig. to act alike / to evolve together
 huì liú (of rivers etc) to converge / convergence
 yào liú medical abortion
 máng liú (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities / rural migrant without definite prospects / drifter
 tuān liú turbulence
 yǒng liú to gush / to spurt
 qián liú underflow (2)
 yì liú overflow
 céng liú laminar flow
 shè liú jet (math.)
 yáng liú ocean current
 píng liú advection
 zhuó liú turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends
 mò liú late degenerate stage
 shèn liú to seep / leakage
 fú liú hidden stream / ground stream
 dī liú trickle
 jù liú strong current / CL:股[gu3]
 wěn liú turbulent flow
  underflow (2)
  effluent plume
 Běi liú Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林[Yu4 lin2], Guangxi
 bèng liú to gush / to spurt
 bīng liú ice stream
 chà liú branch stream
 chuán liú to spread / to hand down / to circulate
 chuàn liú to stream (online)
 gǔ liú effluent plume
 Huáng liú see 黃流鎮|黄流镇[Huang2 liu2 zhen4]
 huǎn liú sub-critical flow
 jiǎ liú type A influenza / abbr. for 甲型H1N1流感 / refers to H1N1 influenza of 2009
 jiàn liú mountain stream / stream in a valley
 jī liú baseflow
 jìng liú runoff
 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]
 nèi liú inward flowing (of river) / flowing into desert
 ní liú solifluction
 qiáng liú high current (e.g. electric)
 Qīng liú 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
 rào liú turbulence (in fluid mechanics)
 Rì liú the spread of Japanese cultural products (anime, pop music etc) to other countries
 shǐ liú swiftly flowing / torrent
 Shuāng liú Shuangliu county in Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1], Sichuan / Chengdu's main airport
 shù liú to rinse one's mouth with water / to gargle
 wěi liú wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc) / slipstream
 xiàn liú to limit the flow of passengers, customers or vehicles / to limit the spread of sensitive content / (electricity) current limiting / (computer networking) rate limiting
 xiè liú drainage
 xīn liú (psychology) flow / being "in the zone"
 xuán liú rotating flow
 yán liú lava
 yè liú stream / flow of liquid
 yǔ liú plume
 yǔ liú (linguistics) flow of speech
 zá liú small craftsman (contemptuous)
 zhū liú fluent with words / words flowing like pearl beads
 zhū liú to kill and banish
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Walker环 Walkerhuán liú Walker circulation
 qín liú gǎn bird flu / avian influenza
 xiàn jīn liú cash flow
 shù jù liú data stream / data flow
 gōng zuò liú workflow
 fēi zhǔ liú alternative / non-mainstream
 ní shí liú landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide
 zhèn liú qì electrical ballast
 jiāo liú diàn alternating current
 zhí liú diàn direct current
 zhěng liú qì rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current)
 diàn liú biǎo ammeter
 xuè liú liàng blood flow
 piāo liú píng message in a bottle
 yì shí liú stream of consciousness (in literature)
 suí dà liú to follow the crowd / going with the tide
 jié liú fá a throttle
 huǒ liú xīng (astronomy) bolide / fireball
 èr liú zi loafer / idler / bum
 duì liú céng troposphere / lower atmosphere
 biàn liú qì converter
  upstream
  downstream
  surface water run-off / surface run-off
  vortex tube
  vadose water / suspended water
  water-carrying capacity
  bottom current
  net flow
  thermal plume
  density current / geostrophic flow
  pandemic
  deflector
  downwelling
  thyratron
 bàn liú shí (medicine) semi-liquid food
 bàn liú tǐ semifluid
 Běi liú shì Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林[Yu4 lin2], Guangxi
 biàn sù liú varied flow
 cái wài liú brain drain
 dà liú xíng major epidemic / pandemic
 dǎo liú bǎn spoiler (automotive)
 dǎo liú zhào deflector
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