"流" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 流 |  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 |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 流行 | liú xíng | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread / to propagate / (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular / fashionable | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流程 | liú chéng | course / stream / sequence of processes / work flow in manufacturing | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流通 | liú tōng | to circulate / to distribute / circulation / distribution | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流量 | liú liàng | flow rate / throughput of passengers / volume of traffic / (hydrology) discharge / data traffic / network traffic / website traffic / mobile data | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流动 | liú dòng | to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流氓 | liú máng | rogue / hoodlum / gangster / immoral behavior | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流泪 | liú lèi | to shed tears | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流浪 | liú làng | to drift about / to wander / to roam / nomadic / homeless / unsettled (e.g. population) / vagrant | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流传 | liú chuán | to spread / to circulate / to hand down | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流畅 | liú chàng | flowing (of speech, writing) / fluent / smooth and easy | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流星 | liú xīng | meteor / shooting star / meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2]) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流水 | liú shuǐ | running water / (business) turnover | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流失 | 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 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流出 | liú chū | to flow out / to disgorge / to effuse | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流血 | liú xuè | to bleed / to shed blood | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流入 | liú rù | to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流域 | liú yù | river basin / valley / drainage area | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流淌 | liú tǎng | to flow | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流逝 | liú shì | (of time) to pass / to elapse | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流转 | liú zhuǎn | to be on the move / to roam or wander / to circulate (of goods or capital) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流露 | liú lù | to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流产 | liú chǎn | to have a miscarriage / (fig.) to fail / to fall through | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流感 | liú gǎn | flu / influenza | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流利 | liú lì | fluent | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流向 | liú xiàng | direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流派 | liú pài | tributary (stream) / (fig.) school (of thought) / genre / style | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流体 | liú tǐ | fluid | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流言 | liú yán | rumor / gossip / to spread rumors | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流连 | liú lián | to loiter (i.e. reluctant to leave) / to linger on | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流落 | liú luò | to wander about destitute / to be stranded | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流年 | liú nián | fleeting time / horoscope for the year | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流明 | liú míng | lumen (unit of light flux) (loanword) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流放 | liú fàng | to exile / to banish / to deport / to float (logs) downstream | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流亡 | liú wáng | to force into exile / to be exiled / in exile | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流于 | liú yú | to change (for the worse) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流沙 | liú shā | quicksand / (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard) / lava | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流汗 | liú hàn | to sweat | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流窜 | 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 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流苏 | liú sū | tassels | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流速 | liú sù | flow speed / rate of flow | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流离 | liú lí | homeless and miserable / forced to leave home and wander from place to place / to live as a refugee | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流脑 | 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]) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流线 | liú xiàn | streamline (physics) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流民 | liú mín | refugee | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流泻 | liú xiè | to flow / to flood | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流芳 | liú fāng | to leave a good reputation | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流萤 | liú yíng | firefly | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流寇 | liú kòu | roving bandit / rebel band | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流弹 | liú dàn | stray bullet | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流脓 | liú nóng | to discharge pus / to suppurate | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流毒 | liú dú | to spread poison / pernicious influence | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流网 | liú wǎng | drift net (fishing) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流弊 | liú bì | malpractice / long-running abuse | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流荡 | liú dàng | to float / to tramp / to rove | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流辈 | liú bèi | a contemporary / similar class of people | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流变 | liú biàn | to flow and change / development and change (of society) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流标 | liú biāo | (of an auction) to be inconclusive | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流别 | liú bié | branch (of a river) / school (of thought) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流播 | liú bō | to circulate / to hand around | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流布 | liú bù | to spread / to circulate / to disseminate | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流调 | liú diào | epidemiological survey (abbr. for 流行病學調查|流行病学调查[liu2 xing2 bing4 xue2 diao4 cha2]) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流干 | liú gān | to drain / to run dry | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流居 | liú jū | to live in exile | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流览 | liú lǎn | to skim / to browse | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流岚 | liú lán | mountain mist | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流丽 | liú lì | smooth and ornate / flowing (style etc) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流眄 | liú miǎn | to ogle / to glance in a shifty manner | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流目 | liú mù | to let one's eyes rove | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流拍 | liú pāi | (of an item) to fail to sell at an auction | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流球 | 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 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流冗 | liú rǒng | the unemployed workforce | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流食 | liú shí | (medicine) liquid food | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流俗 | liú sú | prevalent fashion (often used pejoratively) / vulgar customs | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流刑 | liú xíng | exile (as form of punishment) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流形 | liú xíng | manifold (math.) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流泆 | liú yì | to indulge / licentious | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 流韵 | liú yùn | musical sound / flowing rhythm (of poetry) / cadence | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 流露出 | liú lù chū | to display (talent) / to exude (pleasure) | |
| 流动性 | liú dòng xìng | flowing / shifting / fluidity / mobility / liquidity (of funds) | |
| 流媒体 | liú méi tǐ | streaming media | |
| 流水线 | liú shuǐ xiàn | assembly line / (computing) pipeline | |
| 流星雨 | liú xīng yǔ | meteor shower | |
| 流量计 | liú liàng jì | flowmeter | |
| 流浪汉 | liú làng hàn | tramp / wanderer | |
| 流程图 | liú chéng tú | flow chart | |
| 流鼻血 | liú bí xiě | to bleed from the nose / (fig.) to be sexually aroused | |
| 流浪狗 | liú làng gǒu | stray dog | |
| 流线型 | liú xiàn xíng | sleek / streamlined | |
| 流行性 | liú xíng xìng | qualities that make sth popular or fashionable / (of a disease) epidemic | |
| 流行病 | liú xíng bìng | epidemic disease | |
| 流行语 | liú xíng yǔ | popular jargon / catchword | |
| 流化床 | fluidized bed / fluid bed | | |
| 流鼻涕 | liú bí tì | to have a runny nose | |
| 流水账 | liú shuǐ zhàng | day-to-day account / current account | |
| 流传输 | streaming | | |
| 流行率 | prevalence | | |
| 流变学 | liú biàn xué | rheology | |
| 流冰群 | liú bīng qún | ice patch | |
| 流程表 | liú chéng biǎo | flow chart | |
| 流出物 | liú chū wù | effluent | |
| 流窜犯 | liú cuàn fàn | criminal at large | |
| 流动率 | liú dòng lu:4 | turnover (of staff) | |
| 流感季 | liú gǎn jì | flu season | |
| 流浪儿 | liú làng ér | street urchin / waif | |
| 流浪者 | liú làng zhě | rover / vagabond / vagrant / wanderer | |
| 流理台 | liú lǐ tái | kitchen counter (generally including sink, food preparation area and gas range) (Tw) | |
| 流氓罪 | liú máng zuì | the crime of hooliganism | |
| 流沙包 | liú shā bāo | salted egg custard bun / lava bun (steamed bun with a sweet runny egg custard filling, a popular dim sum) | |
| 流沙笺 | liú shā jiān | paper | |
| 流水席 | liú shuǐ xí | banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive | |
| 流水帐 | liú shuǐ zhàng | variant of 流水賬|流水账[liu2 shui3 zhang4] | |
| 流速计 | liú sù jì | current meter | |
| 流速模 | liú sù mú | velocity cast | |
| 流苏鹬 | liú sū yù | (bird species of China) ruff (Calidris pugnax) | |
| 流纹岩 | liú wén yán | rhyolite (extrusive igneous rock, chemically equivalent to granite) | |
| 流星锤 | liú xīng chuí | meteor hammer (ancient weapon consisting of two iron balls connected by a chain) | |
| 流星体 | liú xīng tǐ | meteoroid | |
| 流行株 | liú xíng zhū | epidemic strain | |
| 流行音乐 | liú xíng yīn yuè | pop music | |
| 流行歌曲 | liú xíng gē qǔ | pop | |
| 流动资金 | liú dòng zī jīn | money in circulation / fluid funds | |
| 流动人口 | liú dòng rén kǒu | transient population / floating population | |
| 流行病学 | liú xíng bìng xué | epidemiology | |
| 流连忘返 | liú lián wàng fǎn | to linger / to remain enjoying oneself and forget to go home | |
| 流氓软件 | liú máng ruǎn jiàn | malware (computing) | |
| 流动资产 | liú dòng zī chǎn | (financial reporting) current assets / liquid assets | |
| 流光溢彩 | liú guāng yì cǎi | lit. flowing light and overflowing color / brilliant lights and vibrant colors (idiom) | |
| 流感疫苗 | liú gǎn yì miáo | influenza vaccine | |
| 流离失所 | liú lí shī suǒ | destitute and homeless (idiom) / forced from one's home and wandering about / displaced | |
| 流言蜚语 | liú yán fēi yǔ | rumors and slanders (idiom) / gossip / lies and slanders | |
| 流体力学 | liú tǐ lì xué | fluid mechanics / hydrodynamics | |
| 流量控制 | liú liàng kòng zhì | flow control | |
| 流芳百世 | liú fāng bǎi shì | (of one's name, reputation etc) to be immortalized (idiom) / to leave a mark for generations to come | |
| 流里流气 | liú li liú qì | hooliganism / rowdyism | |
| 流离颠沛 | liú lí diān pèi | destitute and homeless (idiom) / displaced and without means | |
| 流落他乡 | liú luò tā xiāng | to wander far from home | |
| 流年不利 | liú nián bù lì | the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom) / an unlucky year | |
| 流水不腐 | liú shuǐ bù fǔ | flowing water does not rot | |
| 流星赶月 | liú xīng gǎn yuè | lit. a meteor catching up with the moon / swift action (idiom) | |
| 流氓行为 | hooliganism | | |
| 流动观察 | mobile observation | | |
| 流行词语 | buzzword | | |
| 流式传输 | streaming | | |
| 流量调节 | flux adjustment | | |
| 流动医院 | mobile hospital | | |
| 流通单据 | negotiable document | | |
| 流变能力 | liú biàn néng lì | rheology | |
| 流程文件 | liú chéng wén jiàn | business context documentation | |
| 流宕忘反 | liú dàng wàng fǎn | to stray and forget to return | |
| 流动儿童 | liú dòng ér tóng | children of migrants | |
Approximate Results for 流 | ||||
| 交流 | jiāo liú | to exchange / exchange / communication / interaction / to have social contact (with sb) | | |
| 物流 | wù liú | distribution (business) / logistics | | |
| 一流 | yī liú | top quality / front ranking | | |
| 主流 | zhǔ liú | main stream (of a river) / fig. the essential point / main viewpoint of a matter / mainstream (culture etc) | | |
| 潮流 | cháo liú | tide / current / trend | | |
| 电流 | diàn liú | an electric current / (old) current intensity | | |
| 风流 | fēng liú | distinguished and accomplished / outstanding / talented in letters and unconventional in lifestyle / romantic / dissolute / loose | | |
| 直流 | zhí liú | to flow steadily / direct current (DC) | | |
| 河流 | hé liú | river / CL:條|条[tiao2] | | |
| 水流 | shuǐ liú | river / stream | | |
| 人流 | rén liú | stream of people / abortion / abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[ren2 gong1 liu2 chan3] | | |
| 分流 | fēn liú | to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) | | |
| 气流 | qì liú | stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft) | | |
| 轮流 | lún liú | to alternate / to take turns | | |
| 漂流 | piāo liú | to float on the current / to drift along or about / rafting | | |
| 下流 | xià liú | lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene | | |
| 客流 | kè liú | passenger flow / customer flow | | |
| 韩流 | hán liú | Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s) | | |
| 血流 | xuè liú | blood flow | | |
| 上流 | shàng liú | upper class | | |
| 名流 | míng liú | gentry / celebrities | | |
| 溪流 | xī liú | stream | | |
| 横流 | héng liú | to overflow / transverse flow / to flow over / cross flow | | |
| 回流 | huí liú | to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent) | | |
| 倒流 | dào liú | to flow backwards / reverse flow | | |
| 暗流 | àn liú | undercurrent | | |
| 寒流 | hán liú | cold air current / cold ocean current / cold stream | | |
| 洪流 | hóng liú | a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) | | |
| 暖流 | nuǎn liú | warm current / (fig.) warm feeling | | |
| 奔流 | bēn liú | to flow at great speed / to pour / racing current | | |
| 激流 | jī liú | torrent / torrential current / whitewater | | |
| 外流 | wài liú | outflow / to flow out / to drain | | |
| 逆流 | nì liú | against the stream / adverse current / a countercurrent / fig. reactionary tendency / to go against the trend | | |
| 三流 | sān liú | third-rate / inferior | | |
| 支流 | zhī liú | tributary (river) | | |
| 二流 | èr liú | second-rate / second-tier | | |
| 车流 | chē liú | traffic / rate of traffic flow | | |
| 热流 | rè liú | heat flow / heat flux | | |
| 整流 | zhěng liú | to rectify (alternating current to direct current) | | |
| 对流 | duì liú | convection | | |
| 源流 | yuán liú | (of watercourses) source and course / origin and development | | |
| 急流 | jí liú | torrent | | |
| 中流 | zhōng liú | midstream | | |
| 引流 | yǐn liú | to draw off (liquid) / (medicine) to perform a drainage procedure / to attract traffic online | | |
| 断流 | duàn liú | to run dry (of river) | | |
| 飘流 | piāo liú | variant of 漂流[piao1 liu2] | | |
| 干流 | gàn liú | main stream (of a river) | | |
| 节流 | jié liú | to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke | | |
| 女流 | nu:3 liú | (derog.) woman | | |
| 江流 | jiāng liú | river / river flow / current | | |
| 径流 | jìng liú | runoff | | |
| 合流 | hé liú | to converge / to flow together / fig. to act alike / to evolve together | | |
| 汇流 | huì liú | (of rivers etc) to converge / convergence | | |
| 药流 | yào liú | medical abortion | | |
| 盲流 | máng liú | (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities / rural migrant without definite prospects / drifter | | |
| 湍流 | tuān liú | turbulence | | |
| 涌流 | yǒng liú | to gush / to spurt | | |
| 潜流 | qián liú | underflow (2) | | |
| 溢流 | yì liú | overflow | | |
| 层流 | céng liú | laminar flow | | |
| 射流 | shè liú | jet (math.) | | |
| 洋流 | yáng liú | ocean current | | |
| 平流 | píng liú | advection | | |
| 浊流 | zhuó liú | turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends | | |
| 末流 | mò liú | late degenerate stage | | |
| 渗流 | shèn liú | to ooze / to seep | | |
| 伏流 | fú liú | hidden stream / ground stream | | |
| 滴流 | dī liú | trickle | | |
| 巨流 | jù liú | strong current / CL:股[gu3] | | |
| 紊流 | wěn liú | turbulent flow | | |
| 底流 | underflow (2) | | ||
| 卷流 | effluent plume | | ||
| 北流 | Běi liú | see 北流市[Bei3liu2 Shi4] | | |
| 迸流 | bèng liú | to gush / to spurt | | |
| 冰流 | bīng liú | ice stream | | |
| 岔流 | chà liú | branch stream | | |
| 传流 | chuán liú | to spread / to hand down / to circulate | | |
| 串流 | chuàn liú | to stream (online) | | |
| 顶流 | dǐng liú | (slang) top-tier celebrity or influencer (abbr. for 頂級流量|顶级流量[ding3ji2 liu2liang4]) | | |
| 股流 | gǔ liú | effluent plume | | |
| 黄流 | Huáng liú | see 黃流鎮|黄流镇[Huang2 liu2 zhen4] | | |
| 缓流 | huǎn liú | sub-critical flow | | |
| 甲流 | jiǎ liú | type A influenza / abbr. for 甲型H1N1流感 / refers to H1N1 influenza of 2009 | | |
| 涧流 | jiàn liú | mountain stream / stream in a valley | | |
| 基流 | jī liú | baseflow | | |
| 迳流 | jìng liú | runoff | | |
| 九流 | 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] | | |
| 内流 | nèi liú | inward flowing (of river) / flowing into desert | | |
| 泥流 | ní liú | solifluction | | |
| 强流 | qiáng liú | high current (e.g. electric) | | |
| 清流 | 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 | | |
| 绕流 | rào liú | turbulence (in fluid mechanics) | | |
| 日流 | Rì liú | the spread of Japanese cultural products (anime, pop music etc) to other countries | | |
| 省流 | shěng liú | to conserve mobile data / to minimize mobile data usage (abbr. for 省流量[sheng3 liu2 liang4]) | | |
| 驶流 | shǐ liú | swiftly flowing / torrent | | |
| 双流 | Shuāng liú | Shuangliu county in Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1], Sichuan / Chengdu's main airport | | |
| 漱流 | shù liú | to rinse one's mouth with river water / (fig.) to live a hermit's life | | |
| 尾流 | wěi liú | wake (trailing behind a ship, airplane etc) / slipstream | | |
| 限流 | 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 | | |
| 泄流 | xiè liú | drainage | | |
| 心流 | xīn liú | (psychology) flow / being "in the zone" | | |
| 旋流 | xuán liú | rotating flow | | |
| 岩流 | yán liú | lava | | |
| 液流 | yè liú | stream / flow of liquid | | |
| 羽流 | yǔ liú | plume | | |
| 语流 | yǔ liú | (linguistics) flow of speech | | |
| 杂流 | zá liú | small craftsman (contemptuous) | | |
| 者流 | zhě liú | (after a personal attribute) people who have that attribute / people of that type | | |
| 珠流 | zhū liú | fluent with words / words flowing like pearl beads | | |
| 诛流 | zhū liú | to kill and banish | | |
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| Walker环流 | Walkerhuán liú | Walker circulation | |
| 禽流感 | qín liú gǎn | bird flu / avian influenza | |
| 现金流 | xiàn jīn liú | cash flow | |
| 数据流 | shù jù liú | data stream / data flow | |
| 工作流 | gōng zuò liú | workflow | |
| 非主流 | fēi zhǔ liú | alternative / non-mainstream | |
| 泥石流 | ní shí liú | landslide / torrent of mud and stones / mudslide | |
| 镇流器 | zhèn liú qì | electrical ballast | |
| 交流电 | jiāo liú diàn | alternating current | |
| 直流电 | zhí liú diàn | direct current | |
| 整流器 | zhěng liú qì | rectifier (transforming alternating electric current to direct current) | |
| 电流表 | diàn liú biǎo | ammeter | |
| 血流量 | xuè liú liàng | blood flow | |
| 漂流瓶 | piāo liú píng | message in a bottle | |
| 意识流 | yì shí liú | stream of consciousness (in literature) | |
| 随大流 | suí dà liú | to follow the crowd / going with the tide | |
| 节流阀 | jié liú fá | a throttle | |
| 火流星 | huǒ liú xīng | (astronomy) bolide / fireball | |
| 二流子 | èr liú zi | loafer / idler / bum | |
| 对流层 | duì liú céng | troposphere / lower atmosphere | |
| 变流器 | biàn liú qì | converter | |
| 上行流 | upstream | | |
| 下行流 | downstream | | |
| 地表流 | surface water run-off / surface run-off | | |
| 涡流管 | vortex tube | | |
| 渗流水 | vadose water / suspended water | | |
| 水流量 | water-carrying capacity | | |
| 底层流 | bottom current | | |
| 净流量 | net flow | | |
| 热卷流 | thermal plume | | |
| 地转流 | density current / geostrophic flow | | |
| 大流行 | pandemic | | |
| 折流板 | deflector | | |
| 沉降流 | downwelling | | |
| 闸流管 | thyratron | | |
| 半流食 | bàn liú shí | (medicine) semi-liquid food | |
| 半流体 | bàn liú tǐ | semifluid | |
| 北流市 | Běi liú shì | Beiliu, county-level city in Yulin 玉林市[Yu4lin2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 变速流 | biàn sù liú | varied flow | |
| 才外流 | cái wài liú | brain drain | |
