Chinese Word Entry

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Mandarin (Pinyin): liú
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau4
Definitions:
  1. to flow

  2. to disseminate

  3. to circulate or spread

  4. to move or drift

  5. to degenerate

  6. to banish or send into exile

  7. stream of water or sth resembling one

  8. class, rate or grade


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Chinese characters used in this word

current, a sink, flow, forfeit, circulate, drift, class
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ (liú)
Cantonese: lau4
Japanese: リュウ (ryuu)、 ル (ru) / なが.れる (nagareru)、 なが.れ (nagare)、 なが.す (nagasu)、 -なが.す (-nagasu)
Korean: 류 (ryu), 유 (yu)
Vietnamese: lưu