Skip to content

IDENTITY

liúto flow; stream

HSK 3Top 200

CORE MEANING

to flow; stream

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to flowHSK3
  2. 2.to exchange; to circulateHSK4

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
water radical (shuǐ)
strokes
10
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰氵㐬
    • water
    • gives the sound liú (historical)

USAGE

Common words

交流jiāoliúto exchange
流行liúxíngpopular
流利liúlìfluent

Graded examples

  • 他说中文说得很流利。Tā shuō Zhōngwén shuō de hěn liúlì.HSK5

    He speaks Chinese fluently.

RELATIONS

LEARNING

Memory aid

Water (氵) moving like a newborn’s floating hair (㐬) — flowing.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#200
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

publishedReport an error

Related characters

About cookies

We use analytics cookies to understand how the site is used. No personalized ads. See our Cookie Policy.

Cookie Policy