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河流hé liú
river
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 河流 | héliú | |
| 1. n. (collective) river | ||
| 泰晤士.河 是 英國 第二 長 的 河流。 - The River Thames is the second longest river in the UK. | ||
| 河流 已經 乾gān涸 了。 - The river has dried up. | ||
| English > Chinese | ||
| river | ||
| 1. 名词. 河 | ||
| Components | ||
| 河 | hé | |
| 1. Yellow River, Huang He | ||
| Synonyms: 黃河 | ||
| 河南 - Henan, lit=south of the Yellow River | ||
| 2. (obsolete, Chinese mythology) Hebo; the god of the Yellow River | ||
| 3. (obsolete, Chinese mythology) Yellow River's Map; the plan of the Yellow River (mystic diagram said to have been supernaturally revealed) | ||
| 4. (by extension) river, especially a smaller river, creek, or stream, as distinguished from m:道 | ||
| 河流 - river | ||
| 小 河 - small river, stream | ||
| 5. (obsolete) streamside; riverside | ||
| 6. (literary, figurative) Milky Way | ||
| 7. (chiefly Cantonese) Short for 河粉 | ||
| 乾炒牛河ho4-2 - beef chow fun | ||
| He; Ho | ||
| 流 | liú | |
| 1. to flow | ||
| 流汗 - to sweat | ||
| 流淚 - to cry; to let tears flow | ||
| 流血 - to bleed | ||
| 2. to drift; to wander | ||
| 流連 - to linger; to be reluctant to leave | ||
| 3. class; grade | ||
| 一流 - first class; top grade | ||
| 4. (of water, electricity, other fluids) current; flow; stream | ||
| 氣流 - airflow | ||
| 電流 - electric current | ||
| 5. to spread; to scatter; to disseminate | ||
| Synonyms: 留傳, 散佈 | ||
| 流言 - rumors; gossip | ||
| 流芳 - to leave a good reputation | ||
| 6. (physics) Short for 流明, lumen | ||
| 7. (math) flow | ||
| 8. (computing) stream | ||
| 9. (Cantonese, Hakka) of poor quality | ||
| 流嘢 - poor-quality goods | ||
| 10. (Cantonese) fake; ingenuine | ||
| Antonyms: yue:堅 | ||
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Pronunciation
hé liú
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