流 (lau4 | liu2) : flow; drift; circulate; current; class; fake

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流

lau4

liu2

[1] [v] (of liquid) flow; discharge
[2] [v] drift; wander; move from place to place
[3] [v] circulate; spread; pass down to
[4] [v] degenerate; change for the worse
[5] [n] current; water flow; river branch
[6] [n] class; grade; rate; rank
[7] [粵] [adj] fake; false; inferior | [antonym] 堅

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

流

This word has been viewed 16182 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 26th May 2015 15:25

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行雲流水 hang4 wan4 lau4 seoi2 xing2 hang2 / yun2 / liu2 / shui3 = Unfettered and free.

流血 lau4 hyut3 liu2 xue4 (PRC), liu2 xie3 (Taiwan) = to bleed

一流 jat1 lau4 yi1 liu2 = first-rate; top quality

流汗 lau4 hon6 = to perspire; to sweat

流行 lau4 hang4 liu2 xing2 = to spread; popular

主流 zyu2 lau4 zhu3 liu2 = mainstream; principal aspect

流感 lau4 gam2 liu2 gan3 = flu

流行歌曲 lau4 hang4 go1 kuk1 liu2 xing2 ge1 qu3 = popular song; pop

流沙 lau4 saa1 liu2 sha1 = quicksand

風流 fung1 lau4 feng1 liu2 = promiscuous; distinguished; talented
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Showing all 8 examples containing 流

我流緊血粵
I am bleeding.

如果你唔想啲垃圾流出嚟，你要綁緊個垃圾袋！粵
If you don't want garbage to spill out, you'll need to tie the garbage bag tight!

現在流行的事物，過些時候都成為明日黃花。國
What is fashionable now will be passe after some time.

正所謂"風水輪流轉" 粵
As the saying goes, "the boot is on the other foot".

近來傳出啲流言蜚語，話老闆畀人捉黃腳雞粵
Recently there has been all these slanderous tales about the boss being blackmailed for having some extra-marital affair.

旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意國
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

本港男子罹患新流感情況危殆
Hong Kong man suffering from H1N1 in critical condition

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