Chinese words starting with “liu”
34 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable liu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 5 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial l · final iu · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 2
- 2nd tone 29
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 留下liú xiàHSK 2
to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- 流行liú xíngHSK 2
(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
- 留学liú xuéHSK 3
to study abroad
- 流利liú lìHSK 2
fluent
- 留学生liú xué shēngHSK 2
student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student
All 34 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 留 | liú | v | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 2 | 六 | liù | m,t | six; 6 | |
| 3 | 流 | liú | v,g | 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 | |
| 4 | 留言 | liú yán | n,v,vn | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message | |
| 5 | 流氓 | liú máng | n | rogue; hoodlum; gangster; immoral behavior | |
| 6 | 流感 | liú gǎn | n | flu; influenza | |
| 7 | 溜 | liū | v,q,g | to slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate | |
| 8 | 流动 | liú dòng | vn,v | to flow; to circulate; to go from place to place; to be mobile; (of assets) liquid | |
| 9 | 留意 | liú yì | v,vn | to be mindful; to pay attention to; to take note of | |
| 10 | 流血 | liú xuè | v,vn | to bleed; to shed blood | |
| 11 | 流浪 | liú làng | v,vn | to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant | |
| 12 | 流泪 | liú lèi | v | to shed tears | |
| 13 | 浏览 | liú lǎn | v,vn | to skim over; to browse | |
| 14 | 流传 | liú chuán | v,vn | to spread; to circulate; to hand down | |
| 15 | 流通 | liú tōng | vn,v | to circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution | |
| 16 | 流程 | liú chéng | n | course; stream; sequence of processes; work flow in manufacturing | |
| 17 | 流畅 | liú chàng | a | flowing (of speech, writing); fluent; smooth and easy | |
| 18 | 流水 | liú shuǐ | n | running water; (business) turnover | |
| 19 | 流失 | liú shī | vn,v | (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 | |
| 20 | 流量 | liú liàng | n | flow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge; data traffic; network traffic; website traffic; mobile data | |
| 21 | 流露 | liú lù | v,vn | to reveal (indirectly, implicitly); to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc | |
| 22 | 流淌 | liú tǎng | v,vn | to flow | |
| 23 | 流入 | liú rù | v,vn | to flow into; to drift into; influx; inflow | |
| 24 | 留恋 | liú liàn | v,vn | reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly | |
| 25 | 留心 | liú xīn | v | to be careful; to pay attention to | |
| 26 | 流向 | liú xiàng | v,n | direction of a current; direction of flow; to flow toward | |
| 27 | 溜达 | liū da | v | to stroll; to go for a walk | |
| 28 | 留神 | liú shén | v | to take care; to be careful | |
| 29 | 遛 | liù | v | to stroll; to walk (an animal) | |
| 30 | 留念 | liú niàn | v | to keep as a souvenir; to recall fondly | |
| 31 | 流域 | liú yù | n | river basin; valley; drainage area | |
| 32 | 流转 | liú zhuǎn | vn,v | to be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital) | |
| 33 | 柳树 | liǔ shù | n | willow | |
| 34 | 浏览器 | liú lǎn qì | n | browser (software) |
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