流 (liú) means Flow (drift - move - flu - exile). Below are 24 of the 48 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
切洋葱让人 流 泪。
Qiē yángcōng ràng rén liúlèi.
Cutting onions makes you tear up.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 流泪
看问题要看主 流 。
Kàn wèntí yào kàn zhǔliú.
In looking at a problem one must look at the main current.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 主流
这首歌今年很 流 行。
Zhè shǒu gē jīnnián hěn liúxíng.
This song is very popular this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 流行
今年 流 行这种颜色。
Jīnnián liúxíng zhè zhǒng yánsè.
This colour is in fashion this year.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 流行
语言是交 流 的工具。
Yǔyán shì jiāoliú de gōngjù.
Language is a tool for communication.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 工具
水从管子里 流 出来。
Shuǐ cóng guǎnzi lǐ liú chūlái.
Water flows out of the pipe.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 管子
看到这里她 流 泪了。
Kàn dào zhèlǐ tā liúlèi le.
At this point she shed tears.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 流泪
语言是交 流 的媒介。
Yǔyán shì jiāoliú de méijiè.
Language is the medium of communication.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 媒介
我们经常用汉语交 流 。
Wǒmen chángcháng yòng Hànyǔ jiāoliú.
We often communicate in Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 交流
他的汉语说得很 流 利。
Tā de Hànyǔ shuō de hěn liúlì.
He speaks Chinese fluently.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 流利
水一滴一滴地 流 下来。
Shuǐ yì dī yì dī de liú xiàlái.
The water dripped down drop by drop.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 滴
同学们轮 流 打扫教室。
Tóngxuémen lúnliú dǎsǎo jiàoshì.
The students take turns cleaning the classroom.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 轮流
他们完善了服务 流 程。
Tāmen wánshàn le fúwù liúchéng.
They improved the service process.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 完善
街上的车辆川 流 不息。
Jiē shang de chēliàng chuān liú bù xī.
Traffic flowed along the street in an endless stream.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 川流不息
她的眼神 流 露出真诚。
Tā de yǎnshén liúlù chū zhēnchéng.
Sincerity showed in her eyes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 流露
警方抓住了几个 流 氓。
Jǐngfāng zhuāzhù le jǐ ge liúmáng.
The police caught several hooligans.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 流氓
房间要保持空气 流 通。
Fángjiān yào bǎochí kōngqì liútōng.
The room needs to keep the air circulating.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 流通
这条河有好几条支 流 。
Zhè tiáo hé yǒu hǎojǐ tiáo zhīliú.
This river has several tributaries.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 支流
我希望能 流 利地说英语。
Wǒ xīwàng néng liúlì de shuō Yīngyǔ.
I hope to be able to speak English fluently.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 流利
交 流 促进了两国的友谊。
Jiāoliú cùjìn le liǎng guó de yǒuyì.
Exchange has strengthened the friendship between the two countries.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 促进
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From the graded readers
后面的八分钟，我说得比在宿舍里练习的时候还 流 利。
hòumian de / dì bā fēnzhōng, wǒ shuō dé / děi / de bǐ zài sùshè lǐ liànxí de / dì shíhou hái / huán liúlì.
For the next eight minutes I spoke more fluently than I ever had practising in my dorm.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech
流 appears in 48 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 流
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Questions about 流
How is 流 used in a sentence?
This page shows 48 sentences using 流 (liú, "Flow (drift - move - flu - exile)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 流 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 流 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 流?
The dictionary page for 流 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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